Executing Discrete/Continuous Declarative Process Specifications via Complex Event Processing

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Main Authors: Schönig, Stefan, Poss, Leo, Maggi, Fabrizio Maria
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Published: 2025
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author Schönig, Stefan
Poss, Leo
Maggi, Fabrizio Maria
author_facet Schönig, Stefan
Poss, Leo
Maggi, Fabrizio Maria
contents Traditional Business Process Management (BPM) focuses on discrete events and fails to incorporate critical continuous sensor data in cyber-physical environments. Hybrid declarative specifications, utilizing Signal Temporal Logic (STL), address this limitation by allowing constraints over both discrete events and real-valued signals. However, existing work has been limited to monitoring and post-hoc conformance checking. This paper introduces a novel Complex Event Processing (CEP)-based execution architecture that enables the real-time execution and enforcement of hybrid declarative models. Our three-layer approach integrates STL-inspired predicates into the execution flow, allowing the system to actively trigger activities and enforce process boundaries based on continuous sensor behavior. This approach bridges the gap between hybrid specification and operational control.
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spellingShingle Executing Discrete/Continuous Declarative Process Specifications via Complex Event Processing
Schönig, Stefan
Poss, Leo
Maggi, Fabrizio Maria
Software Engineering
Logic in Computer Science
Systems and Control
Traditional Business Process Management (BPM) focuses on discrete events and fails to incorporate critical continuous sensor data in cyber-physical environments. Hybrid declarative specifications, utilizing Signal Temporal Logic (STL), address this limitation by allowing constraints over both discrete events and real-valued signals. However, existing work has been limited to monitoring and post-hoc conformance checking. This paper introduces a novel Complex Event Processing (CEP)-based execution architecture that enables the real-time execution and enforcement of hybrid declarative models. Our three-layer approach integrates STL-inspired predicates into the execution flow, allowing the system to actively trigger activities and enforce process boundaries based on continuous sensor behavior. This approach bridges the gap between hybrid specification and operational control.
title Executing Discrete/Continuous Declarative Process Specifications via Complex Event Processing
topic Software Engineering
Logic in Computer Science
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.05653