Selected publications

Journal Papers

Reinhartz-Berger I., Soffer P. and Sturm A.,Extending the Adaptability of Reference Models , Accepted for publication in IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics part A

Soffer P., Kaner M., and Wand Y. Assigning Ontological Meaning to Workflow Nets , Accepted for publication in Journal of Database Management

Soffer P. and Kaner M., Complementing Business Process Verification by Validity Analysis: a Theoretical and Empirical Evaluation , Accepted for publication in Journal of Database Management

Ghattas J. and Soffer P., 2009, Evaluation of Inter-Organizational Business Process Solutions: A Conceptual Model-Based Approach , Information Systems Frontiers, 11(3), pp. 273–291.

Reinhartz-Berger I., Soffer P. and Sturm A., 2009, Organizational Reference Models: Supporting an Adequate Design of Local Business Processes , International Journal of Business Process Integrations and Management 4(2), pp. 134-149.

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, 2010, Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, Can I Count on You at all? Exploring Data Inaccuracy in Business Processes , Proceedings of BPMDS 2010

J. Ghattas, P. Soffer, M. Peleg, 2009, A Formal Model for Process Context Learning , Workshop on Business Process Intelligence (BPI 2009)

J. Ghattas, M. Peleg, P. Soffer and Y. Denekamp, 2009, Learning the Context of a Clinical Process , Workshop on health-care processes (PROHealth 2009)

D. Mezebovski, P. Soffer, I. Shimshoni, 2009, Pattern Mining in System Logs: Opportunities for Process Improvement, Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling (LNBIP 29), pp. 162-173.

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 10^th 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

Soffer P., Ghattas J., Peleg M., 2010, A Goal-Based Approach for Learning in Business Processes , In: Nurcan, Salinesi, Souveyet, Ralyté (eds), Intentional Perspectives on Information Systems Engineering, Springer