Affiliations: FAECH – Faculdade Adventista de Hortolandia,
CES, Hortolandia, SP, Brazil | USP – Universidade de São Paulo, Escola
Politécnica, Departamento de Engenharia de Produção,
REDECOOP, São Paulo, SP, Brasil | FAECH - Faculdade Adventista de Hortolandia, CES,
Hortolandia, SP, Brazil
Abstract: The foundation for network process evolution research is the
modeling of network structure and behavior complexity. With such a model,
network systems can be directed toward acquiring good maintainability
attributes according to the principles of engineering. In this paper, a Process
Management Network (PMN) model is developed to acquire directly from the target
process codes the knowledge hidden among and within components of network
systems. With the knowledge acquired by the PMN model, network structure and
behavior complexity measures in terms of partitioning, restructuring and
rewriting criteria are developed; a systematic process re-modularization schema
is derived, and algorithms for scheduling network changes are presented. These
criteria and mechanisms are used to guide the network evolution.
Keywords: complex network evolution, process network management, process network structural complexity, change complexity measures, software process network, process network management language, business process network, business process
