Abstract: A model-driven and QoS-aware infrastructure facilitates the scalable composition of Web services in highly dynamic environments. An exception management framework supports two modes of exception management for business processes, providing a novel policy-driven approach to exception management implemented in the system infrastructure. Exception management is implemented in the system infrastructure, with exception handling policies supplied by individual business processes. Using the exception management framework, developers define exception policies in a declarative manner. Before a business process is executed, the service composition middleware integrates the exception policies with normal business logic to generate a complete process schema. This policy driven-approach can significantly reduce the development time of business processes through its separation of the development of the business logic and the exception handling policies.

Abstract: Meta-Rules are a special set of business rules whose purpose is to enable business rules selection and subsequent rule invocation by a business rules manager. Contained within a Meta-Rule are business policy and other information that enables the selection of a business rule used by a business application. Meta-rules allow the system to dynamically select and identify specific business rules to be executed within a given business application. By enabling a higher level of abstraction, and relying on rules to resolve specific business rule selection and invocations, Meta-rules further separate the binding of business knowledge and practice from application programming logic. The application programmer is freed from having specific knowledge of the business rule; all that is required is an assertion that a rule is to be used.

Abstract: The techniques provided herein include obtaining a model of an enterprise operation that specifies initiation and one or more evolution milestones of one or more business entities, formulating one or more performance metrics for the enterprise operation, wherein the one or more performance metrics are calculated from the one or more business entities, the one or more evolution milestones, and one or more relevant external events, and using the one or more business entities and one or more performance metrics to automatically create an executable performance monitoring model for the enterprise operation, wherein the executable performance monitoring model processes data in the one or more business entities, the one or more evolution milestones, and the one or more relevant external events to compute the one or more performance metrics for the enterprise operation.

Abstract: An architecture, system, and method are provided for a commitment loop solution for on demand business activity management. A Business Performance Management (BPM) loop includes nodes each relating to different tasks for processing performance management trigger data generated by a business entity in real time. The beginning or sensing element of the loop is triggered by a token (representing a business event from a business process). The ending or executing element provides a business action to be implemented by the business entity. The token is passed from node to node sequentially in a particular order around the loop. Processing of the data represented by the token is governed by policies, which can be changed dynamically and follow a life cycle.

Abstract: An architecture, system, and method are provided for a commitment loop solution for on demand business activity management. A Business Performance Management (BPM) loop is defined as a set of nodes each relating to different tasks for processing performance management trigger data generated by a business entity in real time, where the beginning or sensing element of the loop is triggered by a token (representing a business event from a business process) and the ending or executing element provides a business action to be implemented by the business entity. The token is passed from node to node sequentially in a particular order around the loop. Processing of the data represented by the token is governed by policies, which can be changed dynamically and follow a life cycle. On demand business activity management of larger aggregates of business entities (i.e.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for reducing message flow on a message bus are disclosed. The method includes determining if at least one logical operator in a plurality of logical operators requires processing on a given physical processing node in a group of physical nodes. The logical operator is pinned to the given physical processing node. The pinning prevents any subsequent reassignment of the logical operator to another physical processing node. Each logical operator in the plurality of logical operators is assigned to an initial physical processing node in the group of physical processing nodes on a message bus. A determination is made as to whether at least one logical operating in the plurality of logical operators needs to be reassigned to a different physical processing node. The at least one logical operator is reassigned to the different physical processing node.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for reducing message flow on a message bus are disclosed. The method includes determining if at least one logical operator in a plurality of logical operators requires processing on a given physical processing node in a group of physical nodes. In response to determining that the logical operator requires processing on the given physical processing node, the logical operator is pinned to the given physical processing node. Each logical operator in the plurality of logical operators is assigned to an initial physical processing node in the group of physical processing nodes on a message bus.

Abstract: The techniques provided herein include obtaining a model of an enterprise operation that specifies initiation and one or more evolution milestones of one or more business entities, formulating one or more performance metrics for the enterprise operation, wherein the one or more performance metrics are calculated from the one or more business entities, the one or more evolution milestones, and one or more relevant external events, and using the one or more business entities and one or more performance metrics to automatically create an executable performance monitoring model for the enterprise operation, wherein the executable performance monitoring model processes data in the one or more business entities, the one or more evolution milestones, and the one or more relevant external events to compute the one or more performance metrics for the enterprise operation.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for reducing message flow on a message bus are disclosed. The method includes determining if at least one logical operator in a plurality of logical operators requires processing on a given physical processing node in a group of physical nodes. The logical operator is pinned to the given physical processing node. The pinning prevents any subsequent reassignment of the logical operator to another physical processing node. Each logical operator in the plurality of logical operators is assigned to an initial physical processing node in the group of physical processing nodes on a message bus. A determination is made as to whether at least one logical operating in the plurality of logical operators needs to be reassigned to a different physical processing node. The at least one logical operator is reassigned to the different physical processing node.

Abstract: An architecture, system, and method are provided for a commitment loop solution for on demand business activity management. A Business Performance Management (BPM) loop includes nodes each relating to different tasks for processing performance management trigger data generated by a business entity in real time. The beginning or sensing element of the loop is triggered by a token (representing a business event from a business process). The ending or executing element provides a business action to be implemented by the business entity. The token is passed from node to node sequentially in a particular order around the loop. Processing of the data represented by the token is governed by policies, which can be changed dynamically and follow a life cycle.

Abstract: Systems, methods and computer products for generating calculation context classes from a relationship between structured data and a calculation procedure, the context classes having parent-child relationships. Exemplary embodiments include a method including searching the calculation procedure for a first data definition, generating a first context from a first scope applied to the first data definition, tracing back the calculation procedure to obtain a second data definition for calculating the first data definition and to which the first scope is applied, copying the calculation procedure into the first context until the second data definition is obtained, obtaining a second scope applied to the second data definition, obtaining a second context generated from the second scope, determining an existence of an order comparison of the first scope with the second scope and obtaining order from the structured data.

Abstract: A method, information processing system, and computer readable storage medium manage and predict profit leakage. A dynamic deduction space is created that includes a plurality of dimensions associated with historical deduction data and profit leakage information associated with a combination of two or more of the dimensions. Information associated with an open deduction is received. A dimension set in the deduction space is identified that corresponds to the open deduction. A profit leakage classification is assigned to the open deduction based on profit leakage information associated with the dimension set.

Abstract: Systems and methods for monitoring and controlling business level SLAs (Service level Agreements), and more particularly, systems and method for monitoring and controlling business level SLAs using probe points, KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) and business commitments. An XML (extensible Markup Language)-based specification referred to as BPCL (Business Process Commitment Language) is used to describe business commitments. BPCL specifications are used by a business process management (BPM) system to configure, monitor, and control business processes based on business commitments. Business Commitments and BPCL provide a path toward model-based management for dynamic e-business solutions.

Abstract: An enterprise system includes a plurality of artifacts (e.g., persons, objects, databases, autonomous elements, intelligent agents, information systems, etc), and a smart distance (e.g., a distance which may optimize the performance of the enterprise system) between the plurality of artifacts.

Abstract: A method and system for constructing and exploring KPI networks, in one aspect, identified KPIs associated with a performance target. Correlated or dependent KPIs are determined and correlations or dependencies are weighed to provide the degree of relevance in the KPI network. Influential chains in the correlation are determined. KPIs and associated correlations may be mined using historical data.

Abstract: A method, information processing system, and computer readable storage medium manage and predict profit leakage. A dynamic deduction space is created that includes a plurality of dimensions associated with historical deduction data and profit leakage information associated with a combination of two or more of the dimensions. Information associated with an open deduction is received. A dimension set in the deduction space is identified that corresponds to the open deduction. A profit leakage classification is assigned to the open deduction based on profit leakage information associated with the dimension set.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for reducing message flow on a message bus are disclosed. The method includes determining if at least one logical operator in a plurality of logical operators requires processing on a given physical processing node in a group of physical nodes. In response to determining that the logical operator requires processing on the given physical processing node, the logical operator is pinned to the given physical processing node. Each logical operator in the plurality of logical operators is assigned to an initial physical processing node in the group of physical processing nodes on a message bus.

Abstract: A system, method, and computer readable medium for reducing message flow on a message bus are disclosed. The method includes determining if at least one logical operator in a plurality of logical operators requires processing on a given physical processing node in a group of physical nodes. In response to determining that the logical operator requires processing on the given physical processing node, the logical operator is pinned to the given physical processing node. Each logical operator in the plurality of logical operators is assigned to an initial physical processing node in the group of physical processing nodes on a message bus.

Abstract: Systems, methods and computer products for generating calculation context classes from a relationship between structured data and a calculation procedure, the context classes having parent-child relationships. Exemplary embodiments include a method including searching the calculation procedure for a first data definition, generating a first context from a first scope applied to the first data definition, tracing back the calculation procedure to obtain a second data definition for calculating the first data definition and to which the first scope is applied, copying the calculation procedure into the first context until the second data definition is obtained, obtaining a second scope applied to the second data definition, obtaining a second context generated from the second scope, determining an existence of an order comparison of the first scope with the second scope and obtaining order from the structured data.

Abstract: An enterprise system includes a plurality of artifacts (e.g., persons, objects, databases, autonomous elements, intelligent agents, information systems, etc), and a smart distance (e.g., a distance which may optimize the performance of the enterprise system) between the plurality of artifacts.