Publications

 

Journal Papers

 

Ghattas J. and Soffer P., Evaluation of Inter-Organizational Business Process Solutions: A Conceptual Model-Based Approach, Accepted for publication in Information Systems Frontiers

 

Reinhartz-Berger I., Soffer P. and Sturm A., Organizational Reference Models: Supporting an Adequate Design of Local Business Processes, accepted to International Journal of Business Process Integrations and Management

 

Ghattas J. and Soffer P., 2008, Facilitating Flexibility in Inter-Organizational Processes: A Conceptual Model, International Journal of Business Process Integration and Management 3(1), pp. 5-15

 

Soffer P. and Hadar I., 2007, Applying Ontology-Based Rules to Conceptual Modeling: A Reflection on Modeling Decision Making, European Journal of Information Systems 16(4), pp. 599-611

 

Soffer P. and Wand Y., Goal-Driven Multi-Process Analysis, 2007, Journal of the AIS, 8(3), p. 175-202

 

Hadar I. and Soffer P., 2006, Variations in Conceptual Modeling: Classification and Ontological Analysis, Journal of the AIS, 7(8), p. 568-592

 

Soffer P., 2005, Scope Analysis: Identifying the Impact of Changes in Business Process Models, Software Process Improvement and Practice (10)4, p. 393-402

 

Soffer P., 2005, Structural Equivalence in Model-Based Reuse: Overcoming Differences in Abstraction Level, Journal of Database Management 16(3), p. 21-39

 

Soffer P., Golany B. and Dori D., 2005, Aligning an ERP System with Enterprise Requirements: An Object-Process Based Approach, Computers in Industry, 56, p. 639-662

 

Soffer P. and Wand Y., 2005, On the Notion of Soft Goals in Business Process Modeling, Business Process Management Journal (11)6, pp. 663-679

Soffer P., Golany B. and Dori D., 2003, ERP Modeling: A Comprehensive Approach, Information Systems, 28(6), p. 673-690

Soffer P., Golany B., Dori D. and Wand Y., 2001, Modelling Off-the-Shelf Information Systems Requirements: An Ontological Approach, Requirements Engineering 6(3), p. 183-199.

Dar-El E., Soffer P., Molcho I. and Shtrichman O., 1991, A Two-tier Hierarchical Scheduler for the Micro-Electronic Industry, International Journal of Production Economics, vol. 25, p. 81-87.

 

Conference Proceedings

 

Soffer P., Kaner M. and Wand Y., 2008, Assigning Ontology-Based Semantics to Process Models: the Case of Petri Nets, Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE’08) (LNCS 5074), pp. 16-31.

 

Ghattas J., Soffer P., and Peleg M., 2008, A Goal-based Approach for Business Process Learning, Proceedings of CAiSE Workshops, Workshop on Business Process Modeling, Development, and Support, pp. 76-85.

 

Jbara S., Kuflik T., Soffer P., and Stock O., 2008, “Generic Communication Service Agents for Mobile Applications in Cultural Heritage Sites”. 2008 IEEE International Conference on Distributed Human-Machine Systems. Athens,Greece, March 9-12 2008. pp. 353-359

 

Jbara S., Kuflik T., Soffer P.,  and Stock O., 2007, Context Aware Communication Services in “Active Museums”, Proceedings of IEEE International Conference on Software-Science, Technology and Engineering, Herzliya, Israel, October 2007.

 

Ghattas J., Soffer P., and Peleg M., 2007, Learning Business Process Models: A Case Study, 1st International Workshop on Process-oriented Information Systems in Healthcare, Brisbane, Australia, September 2007.

 

Peleg M, Soffer P., and Ghattas J., 2007, Mining Process Execution and Outcomes, 1st International Workshop on Process-oriented Information Systems in Healthcare, Brisbane, Australia, September 2007.

 

Soffer P., Wand Y., and Kaner, M., 2007, Semantic Analysis of Flow Patterns in Business Process Modeling, Proceedings of Business Process Management (BPM’07) (LNCS 4714), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, pp. 400-407.

 

Soffer, P., Reinhartz-Berger, I., and Sturm, A., 2007, Facilitating Reuse by Specialization of Reference Models for Business Process Design, Workshop on Business Process Modeling, Design and Support (BPMDS’07), Proceedings of CAiSE’07 Workshops, pp. 339-348.

 

Kuflik T., Sheidin J., Jbara S., Goren-Bar D., Soffer P., Stock O., and Zancanaro M., 2007, Supporting Small Groups in the Museum by Context-Aware Communication Services, Proceedings of  2007 International conference on intelligent user interfaces, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.  28-31 January 2007, pp. 305-308.

 

Soffer P. and Ghattas J., 2006, Business Process Flexibility in Virtual Organizations, Workshop on Business Process Modeling, Design and Support (BPMDS’06), Proceedings of CAiSE’06 Workshops, p. 188-197

 

Soffer P. and Rolland C., 2005, Combining Intention-Oriented and State-Based Process Modeling, International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER 2005) (LNCS 3716), p. 47-62.

 

Reinhartz-Berger I., Soffer P., and Sturm A., 2005, A Domain Engineering Approach to Specifying and Applying Reference Models, Enterprise Modelling and Information Systems Architectures Workshop (EMISA’05), Klagenfurt, Austria, p. 50-63.

 

Soffer P., Goldin L. and Kuflik T., 2005, A Unified RE Approach for Software Product Evolution: Challenges and Research Agenda, Proceedings of SREP’05, Paris, France, p. 200-210

 

Soffer P., 2005, On the Notion of Flexibility in Business Processes, Workshop on Business Process Modeling, Design and Support (BPMDS’05), Proceedings of CAiSE’05 Workshops, p. 35-42

 

Soffer P. and Wand Y., 2004, Goal-driven Analysis of Process Model Validity, Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE’04) (LNCS 3084), p. 521-535

 

Soffer P. 2004, Analyzing the Scope of a Change in a Business Process Model, CAiSE’04 Workshops Proceedings vol. 2 p. 200-206

 

Soffer P., 2003, Reusing Models of Different Abstraction Levels, CAiSE’03 Forum Proceedings Short Papers, Velden, Austria, p. 209-211

 

Soffer P. and Hadar I., 2003, Reusability of Conceptual Models: The Problem of Model Variations, Proceedings of the Eighth CAiSE/IFIP International Workshop on Evaluation of Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD’03), Velden, Austria (on CD).

 

Soffer P., 2003, Aligning an Enterprise System with Enterprise Requirements: an Iterative Process, Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems, Angers, France, Vol 3 p. 147-155

Soffer P., 2001, Process and Language Requirements for ERP Modeling, Proceedings of the Sixth CAiSE/IFIP International Workshop on Evaluation of Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD’01), Interlaken, Switzerland, p. X-1 – X-8.

Soffer P., 2000, Matching Enterprise Requirements with ERP System Capabilities, In A.Hinze, B-J.Hommes (Eds.): Proceedings of the 7th Doctoral Consortium at the CAiSE*00, Stockholm, Sweden, June 5th-6th 2000, Technical Report No B 00-23,Intitute of Computer Science, Freie Universitat Berlin, p. 93-104.

Soffer P., 2000, A Requirement Driven Approach to Business Application Implementation, Proceedings of USP Roundtable Conference 2000 on E-enterprise Structure and Analysis, Haifa, Israel (on CD)

Golany B. , Dori D. and Soffer P., A Methodology for Adapting an ERP System to an Enterprise, Proceedings of the 10th Conference of Industrial Engineering and Management, Haifa, Israel, June 1998, p. 393-397 (in Hebrew).

 

Book Chapters

Soffer P., Reinhartz-Berger I. and Sturm A., 2007, Matching Models of Different Abstraction Levels: A Refinement Equivalence Approach, In: Siau K. (Ed.), Contemporary Issues in Database Design and Information Systems Development, IGI Publishing, Hershey, New York, p. 89-122