Proposal of Formal Verification of Selected BPMN Models with Alvis Modeling Language

BPMN is a leading visual notation for modeling business processes. Although there is many tools that allows for modeling using BPMN, they mostly do not support formal verification of models. The Alvis language was developed for modeling and verification of embedded systems. However, it is suitable for the modeling of any information systems with parallel subsystems. The goal of this paper is to describe the concept of using Alvis for a formal verification of selected BPMN models. In the paper a translation from BPMN to Alvis model is proposed. The translation is discussed and evaluated using a simple yet illustrative example.