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US 2013/0096978 A1Published application
Determining costs for workflows
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsJOHN E. PETRI, WILLIAM C. RAPP, RICHARD J. STEVENS
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Abstract
Techniques are disclosed for modeling costs when editing a workflow process model. A request may be received to assign a cost factor to a workflow process step of the workflow process model. Responsive to the request, the cost factor may be assigned to the workflow process step, such that a traversal of the workflow process step by a transaction invoking the workflow process model results in the cost factor being included in a total cost to be charged for executing the transaction.
Claims8
A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- providing a tool for editing a workflow process model comprising:
- (i) a plurality of workflow process steps and (ii) branching logic comprising a precondition for traversing at least one workflow process step of the plurality of workflow process steps;
- receiving, by the tool, a request to assign a cost factor to the at least one workflow process step;
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- assigning the cost factor to the at least one workflow process step responsive to the request and by operation of one or more computer processors, such that a traversal of the at least one workflow process step by a first transaction invoking the workflow process model results in the cost factor being included in a total cost to be charged for executing the first transaction.
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A computer-implemented method, comprising:
- receiving an indication of (i) a subset of workflow process steps of a workflow process model traversed in executing a transaction by a processing environment and (ii) when each workflow process step of the subset is traversed, wherein each workflow process step of the subset has an assigned cost factor;
- receiving data describing resource utilization of the processing environment at the time that the transaction is executed;
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- by operation of one or more computer processors, determining a total cost to be charged for executing the transaction, based on at least the received indication, the assigned cost factors, and the received data.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.