Title :
A coordination-theory driven approach for manufacturing Web Services composition process
Author :
Qian, Meng ; Liu, Zhong ; Yao, Li ; Zhang, Weiming
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Inf. Syst. & Manage., Nat. Univ. of Defense Technol., Changsha, China
Abstract :
Modern manufacturing enterprises often need collaborations in their business processes. When coalition services must work together, the coordination problems may be very complex. Coordination theory provides a method for modeling complex collaborative activities in a distinct way. Hence, a methodology with its visualization approach of modeling Web Service composition coordination process was proposed. According to the methodology, models all about the Web Services composition collaboration processes in an e-manufacturing process were set up as a practical example. This approach will help to make different Web Services more adaptable to Web Service oriented application.
Keywords :
Web services; data visualisation; groupware; manufacturing data processing; Web services composition collaboration process; business process; coalition service; coordination-theory driven approach; e-manufacturing process; modeling complex collaborative activity; visualization approach; Collaboration; Collaborative work; Information management; Management information systems; Manufacturing processes; Service oriented architecture; Technology management; Unified modeling language; Visualization; Web services; BPEL; UML; coordination theory; dependency analysis; process model; web services composition;
Conference_Titel :
Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, 2008. IEEM 2008. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Singapore
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2629-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2630-0
DOI :
10.1109/IEEM.2008.4738236