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Storytelling integration of the internet of things into business processes
Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
  • Zakaria Maamar, Zayed University
  • Mohamed Sellami, ISEP
  • Noura Faci, Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
  • Emir Ugljanin, State University of Novi Pazar
  • Quan Z. Sheng, Macquarie University
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Date
1-1-2018
Abstract

© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2018. This paper discusses the integration of Internet of Things (IoT) into Business Processes (BPs). To define the business logic of thing-aware BPs, existing approaches extend traditional workflow languages (i.e., who does what, why, when, and where) with constructs like things’ roles. However, this way of defining the business logic restricts things’ operations and, thus, hinders them from initiating ad-hoc/opportunistic collaboration with peers. To overcome this limitation, we tap into the storytelling principles to introduce the concept of Process of Things (PoT) as a new way of integrating IoT into BPs. A PoT is specified as a story whose script indicates the characters that things will play as well as the scenes that will feature these things. A PoT, also, allows things to collaborate by offering value-added services to end-users. For demonstration purposes, a hospital scenario is implemented using a combination of real and simulated sensors along with different IoT technologies and communication protocols.

ISBN
9783319986500
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Disciplines
Keywords
  • Business process management,
  • Healthcare,
  • Internet of Things,
  • Storytelling
Scopus ID
85053501561
Indexed in Scopus
Yes
Open Access
No
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-98651-7_8
Citation Information
Zakaria Maamar, Mohamed Sellami, Noura Faci, Emir Ugljanin, et al.. "Storytelling integration of the internet of things into business processes" Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing Vol. 329 (2018) p. 127 - 142 ISSN: <a href="https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/issn/1865-1348" target="_blank">1865-1348</a>
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/zakaria-maamar/119/