Orchestration of Time-Constrained BPEL4WS workflows

The adoption of service-oriented architectures based on Web services in industrial automation promises increased interoperability and flexibility. The orchestration of existing Web services to workflows is a challenging task which is complicated by the fact that manufacturing processes have time constraints, especially real-time constraints. This paper presents the time-constrained services (TiCS) Modeler which supports the assisted orchestration of BPEL4WS workflows with time constraints. The presented prototypical implementation is based on a formal derivation of the time constraints of a workflow.