Adaptive Case Management deals with processes that are not predefined or repeatable, but depend on evolving circumstances and decisions regarding a particular situation. While case management is often considered as different from conventional business process management, in reality they cannot be strictly separated. A structured business process can contain parts which deal with non-routine cas...

Innovative e-business projects start with a design of the e-business model. We often encounter the view, in research as well as industry practice, that an e-business model is similar to a business process model, and so can be specified using UML activity diagrams or Petri nets. In this paper, we explain why this is a misunderstanding. The root cause is that a business model is not about process...

Nowadays the semiconductor devices in an electrical circuit are modelled by equivalent circuits containing basic network elements described by algebraic and ordinary differential equations. But the correct adjustment of these circuits has become a very difficult task for the network design. In [1] a new model for electrical circuits containing semiconductor devices is proposed. There the differ...

A new technique for modelling the dynamic spectral characteristics of DFB semiconductor lasers above threshold, which is based on the transmission-line laser model, is described. This includes the effects of index carrier dependence and longitudinal index variations. The timedomain responses and spectra of quarter-wave shifted grating devices are compared with unshifted devices under transient ...

The frequency response of the photomodulated thermoreflectance (PMTR) signal has been used to characterize various semiconductor samples, including crystalline Ge/Si, ion-implanted Ge, and amorphous Si. Theoretical modelling has allowed the deconvolution of electron-hole plasmaand thermal-wave contributions to the signal throughout the entire frequency range.

We present a generic model for the description of non-equilibrium Bose-Einstein condensates, suited for the modelling of non-resonantly pumped polariton condensates in a semiconductor microcavity. The excitation spectrum and scattering of the non-equilibrium condensate with a defect are discussed.

This paper reviews work carried out by the authors in developing nanoporous sol-gel films as hosts for semiconductor crystallites, for applications in nonlinear integrated optics, including aspects of fabrication, characterisation and modelling. Particular attention is given to three novel techniques optospinography, molecular probe ellipsometry and pore capping, as well as prospects that have ...

We derive a class of globally convergent and quadratically converging algorithms for a system of nonlinear equations g(u) = 0, where g is a sufficiently smooth homeomorphism. Particular attention is directed to key parameters which control the iteration. Several examples are given that have successful in solving the coupled nonlinear PDEs which arise in semiconductor device modelling. AMS subje...

In this paper the most relevant works related to software process are reviewed. Software process modelling tries to capture the main characteristics of the set of activities performed to obtain a software product, and a variety of models have been created for this purpose. A process model can be used to define a recommended software process. This paper deals with the prescriptive software proce...

We propose decision-oriented process modelling as a step towards human-centered process management, and demonstrate some implications of this model for the interaction between process modelling, process enactment, and process performance in a CASE environment. We also discuss the potential our approach offers for experiencebased process improvement.