The Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) is a widely used standard notation for defining intra- and inter-organizational workflows. However, the informal description of the BPMN execution semantics leads to different interpretations of BPMN elements and difficulties in checking behavioral properties. In this article, we propose a formalization of the execution semantics of BPMN that, compared to existing approaches, covers more BPMN elements while also facilitating property checking. Our approach is based on a higher-order transformation from BPMN models to graph transformation systems. To show the capabilities of our approach, we implemented it as an open-source web-based tool.

@article{paperbot2718,
  title = {A higher-order transformation approach to the formalization and analysis of BPMN using graph transformation systems},
  author = {Tim Kräuter and Adrian Rutle and Harald König and Yngve Lamo},
  journal = {Logical Methods in Computer Science},
  volume = {Volume 20, Issue 4},
  year = {2024},
  doi = {10.46298/lmcs-20(4:4)2024}
}