01636nas a2200181   4500008004100000245006700041210006400108260000900172300001100181490000700192520109700199653001501296653000801311100002401319700001501343700002001358856007601378       2004                        eng d00aA Case-based Reasoning Framework for Workflow Model Management0 aCasebased Reasoning Framework for Workflow Model Management  c2004  a87-1150 v503 aIn order to support efficient workflow design, recent commercial workflow systems are providing templates of common business processes. These templates, called cases, can be modified individually or collectively into a new workflow to meet the business specification. However, little research has been done on how to manage workflow models, including issues such as model storage, model retrieval, model reuse and assembly. In this paper, we propose a novel framework to support workflow modeling and design by adapting workflow cases from a repository of process models. Our approach to workflow model management is based on a structured workflow lifecycle and leverages recent advances in model management and case-based reasoning techniques. Our contributions include a conceptual model of workflow cases, a similarity flooding algorithm for workflow case retrieval, and a domain-independent AI planning approach to workflow case composition. We illustrate the workflow model management framework with a prototype system called Case-Oriented Design Assistant for Workflow Modeling (CODAW).10aAccounting10aBIS1 aMadhusudan, Therani1 aZhao, Leon1 aMarshall, Byron  uhttp://people.oregonstate.edu/~marshaby/Papers/Madhusudan_DKE_CODAW.pdf