TY - CHAP

T1 - Building a process layer for business applications using the blackboard pattern

AU - Kleine Stegemann, Stefan

AU - Funk, Burkhardt

AU - Slotos, Thomas

N1 - Literaturverz. S. 156

PY - 2007

Y1 - 2007

N2 - Contemporary business applications often employ a process layer in order to coordinate automated activities. One option to build such a layer is to use a workflow management system. But the all-or-nothing fashion of such systems makes them sometimes hard to integrate. In such cases, custom development is an alternative. Yet concepts for the micro-architecture of process layers in business applications are rare. We argue that the blackboard pattern, which is known to be suitable for knowledge intensive artificial intelligence applications, can provide an solid basis also for constructing process layers with workflow capabilities. This paper shows how the essential building parts of workflows are realized in a blackboard architecture. In this context, an in-depth discussion of important design and implementation tasks to be solved is given.

AB - Contemporary business applications often employ a process layer in order to coordinate automated activities. One option to build such a layer is to use a workflow management system. But the all-or-nothing fashion of such systems makes them sometimes hard to integrate. In such cases, custom development is an alternative. Yet concepts for the micro-architecture of process layers in business applications are rare. We argue that the blackboard pattern, which is known to be suitable for knowledge intensive artificial intelligence applications, can provide an solid basis also for constructing process layers with workflow capabilities. This paper shows how the essential building parts of workflows are realized in a blackboard architecture. In this context, an in-depth discussion of important design and implementation tasks to be solved is given.

KW - Business informatics

M3 - Article in conference proceedings

SN - 978-3-88579-200-0

SP - 145

EP - 156

BT - Software Engineering 2007

A2 - Böttinger, Stefan

A2 - Theuvsen, Ludwig

A2 - Rank, Susanne

A2 - Morgenstern, Marlies

PB - Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V.

CY - Bonn

T2 - Fachtagung des GI-Fachbereichs Softwaretechnik

Y2 - 27 March 2007 through 30 March 2007

ER -