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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2006
Matthias Kloppmann, Sindelfingen, DE;
Frank Leymann, Aidlingen, DE;
Albert Maier, Tuebingen, DE;
Bernhard Mitschang, Boeblingen, DE;
Charles Daniel Wolfson, Austin, TX (US);
Matthias Kloppmann, Sindelfingen, DE;
Frank Leymann, Aidlingen, DE;
Albert Maier, Tuebingen, DE;
Bernhard Mitschang, Boeblingen, DE;
Charles Daniel Wolfson, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
Activities within a workflow are either data management activities (DMAs) or non-DMAs. A workflow is typically carried out by a system by executing one activity after the other. This can, however, be very time consuming. A method and system are provided for optimizing a group of activities (GOA) comprising a DMA, whereby the GOA is comprised in the workflow to improve the overall performance. The method determines the DMAs, and for each DMA, a data level statement (DLS). The GOA is determined and a process graph model (PGM) is determined from the GOA so that the DLS is comprised in the PGM and the semantics of the PGM are identical to those of the GOA. The PGM is optimized for which an optimized GOA is determined. The semantics of the optimized GOA are identical to those of the GOA. In the workflow, the GOA is replaced by the optimized GOA.