Building user context into workflow process models

industries. This work identified clear business benefits for an intelligent algorithm that couldmatch their information delivery requirements to the capability of their delivery networks.Therefore this research introduces a new model for relating distributed information sourcesto a user's requirements and context/ containing within it such an algorithm. However/fundamentally what is new is that in doing this/ the disparate worlds of context andworkflow management research are brought together. In other words/ the aim is to builduser context into workflow process models.This work is divided into three phases, the first of which is concerned with the application ofcontext to workflows and introduces the new model. The outcome of this phase is a set ofcontext-driven workflows. To ensure robustness of the model's design/ a series of keyquestions were asked. From the subsequent answers/ it was then possible to postulate howthe model could be enhanced to accommodate them. Out of this process/ there emerged anumber of important conclusions/ in particular the need for a set of supplementary advancedtasks under certain workflow criteria.The second phase is concerned with a system implementation prototype of the model. Thecore purpose of this prototype is a working system capable of demonstrating the key conceptsof the research/ which can then be formally evaluated.The third phase is the evaluation phase which includes sections on software testing, userfeedback and a critique. One of the aims of the work was not just to concentrate on thespecific case/ but to draw out some general principles on formulating context-aware systems.Therefore this phase also introduces a context template for this very purpose. This is furtherelaborated with a look at the subsequent development that has emerged from this work,called mi-Guide.

Level dc:type.qualificationlevel

Doctoral (Level 8)

Year dc:date.issued

2007

Author dc:creator

• Bates, D

Language dc:language

en

Identifier

oai:salford-repository.worktribe.com:1337268

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:salford-repository.worktribe.com:1337268