Automatic remodeling of logistic business process in E-Logistic

Abstract

Electronic business has made logistics collaboration more and more important. Electronic logistic (E-Logistic) as an open electronic platform can realize logistics collaboration. Workflow management system (WFMS) supports the operation of e-logistic. Exact logistic business process can ensure the normal running of WFMS. With the constantly change of logistic environment, logistic business process models don't keep stable. The large mount of process logs are saved in WFMS. These logs involve information of various logistic business processes. This paper researches an automatic remodeling method based on these logs. The core of the method is process remodeling algorithm. In the algorithm a markov transition matrix is set up based on process logs. And according to the matrix the eight remodeling rules of process logical relations are designed. The remodeling method can not only automatically remodel the various logistic business processes, but also greatly enhance the process modeling efficiency.