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Compiling Process Graphs into Executable Code

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Generative Programming and Component Engineering (GPCE 2004)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNCS,volume 3286))

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Model-driven architecture envisions a paradigm shift as dramatic as the one from low-level assembler languages to high-level programming languages. In order for this vision to become reality, algorithms are needed that compile models of software systems into deployable and executable implementations. This paper discusses two algorithms that provide such transformations for process graph models in a business process or workflow environment and produce executable programs based on Web services and orchestration languages. The reverse transformations back from executable programs to process graphs are also described.

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  1. IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, CH-8803, Rüschlikon, Switzerland

    Rainer Hauser & Jana Koehler

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  1. Institute for Software Integrated Systems, Vanderbilt University, P.O. Box 1829, 37235, Sta. B. Nashville, TN, USA

    Gabor Karsai

  2. Software Engineering Research Group, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

    Eelco Visser

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Hauser, R., Koehler, J. (2004). Compiling Process Graphs into Executable Code. In: Karsai, G., Visser, E. (eds) Generative Programming and Component Engineering. GPCE 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3286. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30175-2_17

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