Research of the Combination of Distributed Business Processes Based on Dynamic Planning

Abstract

In order to achieve the collaborative completion of entire business process by composition between different workflow management systems, a process composition method based on dynamic programming has been put forward. By analyzing differences and relations between process composition and Web services composition, many aspects have been analyzed with regard to service interface of the workflow system, the interaction control between the workflow systems, parameters and message’s delivery and the planning indexes according to the characteristics of process interaction among the distributed workflow systems. When the process is running, according to the indicators and expectations of users, the optimal workflow services and sub-processes would be selected through dynamic planning method, to provide support to the dynamic combination of workflow processes in a distributed environment.