A BPM-based approach of human task support within life science automation

Author

Holzmuller-Laue, S. ; Gode, B. ; Thurow, Kerstin

Author_Institution

Celisca - Center of Life Sci. Autom., Univ. of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

fYear

2013

fDate

6-8 June 2013

Firstpage

167

Lastpage

174

Abstract

The article addresses the potential of model-driven workflow automation that allows new kinds of human system interaction. A control of the end-to-end process includes the seamless control of human tasks in conjunction with distributed automation solutions in addition to the simplified application-technical system integration. The human task support for applications in the life science automation increases significant the efficiency in the execution of experiments, serves to reduce stress for involved employees, and provides important contributions to the improvement of the quality management in the research. Mobile devices assist interesting opportunities for notifications and provision of information. The presented approach takes up the standard BPMN 2.0 published in 2011 as the graphical modeling and automation language for any business processes.

Keywords

biology computing; human computer interaction; human factors; laboratory techniques; mobile computing; occupational stress; personnel; quality management; solid modelling; workflow management software; BPM-based approach; BPMN 2.0 standard; application-technical system integration; automation language; business processes; distributed automation solutions; employee stress reduction; end-to-end process control; graphical modeling; human system interaction; human task support; human tasks; life science automation; mobile devices; model-driven workflow automation; quality management improvement; seamless control; Automation; Business; Documentation; Information systems; Laboratories; Manuals; Process control; BPM; BPMN; End-to-End Process Automation; Human Task Support; Laboratory Automation; Life Science Research;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Human System Interaction (HSI), 2013 The 6th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sopot

ISSN

2158-2246

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-5635-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HSI.2013.6577818

Filename

6577818