Patent · US Expired

Method and computer system for generating process management computer programs from process models

US6011917A · kind A · utility

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14Claims

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Assignee

International Business Machines Corporation · US

Inventors

Frank Leymann · Aidlingen, DE
Dieter Roller · Schenefeld, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Nov 7, 1996
Grant date	Jan 4, 2000
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Nov 7, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F8/00
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method is described for generating computer programs from process models, e.g., C++ computer programs. The generation of a computer program is based linearizing a process graph with respect to the sequence of activity execution, associating process model constructs to classes and methods of an object-oriented programming technique, and representing activities and data items as instances of classes. The generated computer programs can be compiled into executables and executed on a computer system. Advantageously, process instances can be executed on a computer system with significantly less resource consumption for managing the process instances.

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