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Comparing the Control-Flow of EPC and Petri Net from the End-User Perspective

Peter LoosKamyar Sarshar

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Programming languageProcess (engineering)business.industryEnd userComputer sciencePerspective (graphical)Petri netcomputer.software_genreOutcome (game theory)Control flowComputerSystemsOrganization_SPECIAL-PURPOSEANDAPPLICATION-BASEDSYSTEMSArtificial intelligencebusinesscomputer

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This contribution describes the results of a laboratory experiment which compares the Event-driven Process Chain (EPC) and Petri net (C/E net) regarding their approaches to represent the control-flow of processes. The outcome of the experiment indicates that from end-user perspective the EPC approach of applying connectors is superior to the token game. However, the non-local semantic of the EPC OR-connector clearly had a negative impact on end-user comprehension. The experiment also illustrates that the perceived ease-of-use and the intention to use the EPC notation is higher than C/E net.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2005-01-01
https://doi.org/10.1007/11538394_36