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Journal Papers

 

Haisjackl C., Barba I., Zugal S., Soffer P., Hadar I., Reichert M., Pinggera J., Weber B, Understanding declarative process models: Strategies, Pitfalls, Empirical Results, Software and Systems Modeling

 

Outmazgin N., Soffer P., A process mining-based analysis of business process workarounds, Software and Systems Modeling

 

Soffer P., Wand Y., Kaner M., Conceptualizing Routing Decisions in Business Processes: Theoretical Analysis and Empirical Testing, Journal of the Association of Information Systems

 

Hadar I., Soffer P., Kenzi K., 2014, The Role Of Domain Knowledge In Requirements Elicitation Via Interviews: An Exploratory Study, Requirements Engineering, 19(2), pp. 143-159

 

Ghattas J., Soffer P., Peleg M., 2013, Improving Business Process Decision Making Based on Past Experience, Decision Support Systems 59, pp. 93–107

 

Zugal S., Soffer P., Haisjackl C., Pinggera P., Reichert M., Weber B., 2013, Investigating expressiveness and understandability of hierarchy in declarative business process models, Software and Systems Modeling (2013) pp. 1-23

 

Pinggera J., Soffer P., Fahland D., Weidlich M., Zugal S., Weber B., Reijers H.A., Mendling J., 2013, Styles in business process modeling: an exploration and a model, Software and Systems Modeling (2013) pp. 1-26

 

Soffer P., 2013, A State-based Intention Driven Declarative Process Model, International Journal of Information Systems Modeling and Design 4(2), pp. 44-64

 

Ghattas J., Soffer P., Peleg M., Denekamp Y., 2013, Data Requirements for Process Learning, International Journal of Knowledge-Based Organizations 3(1), pp. 1-18

 

Kuflik T., Soffer P., Reinhartz-Berger I., Jbara S. , Stock O., 2011, Generic Framework for Context-Aware Communication Services in Visitor’s Guides, Journal of Software Engineering and Applications 4(4), pp. 286-281

 

Reinhartz-Berger I., Soffer P. and Sturm A., Extending the Adaptability of Reference Models, IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics part A 40(5), pp. 1045-1056

 

Soffer P., Kaner M., and Wand Y. Assigning Ontological Meaning to Workflow Nets, Journal of Database Management 21(3) pp. 1-35

 

Soffer P. and Kaner M., Complementing Business Process Verification by Validity Analysis: a Theoretical and Empirical Evaluation, Journal of Database Management 22(3), pp. 1-23.

 

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

 

Wolf, I., Soffer, P., 2014, Supporting BPMN Model Creation with Routing Patterns. In Advanced Information Systems Engineering Workshops, LNBIP 178, Springer, pp. 171-181

 

Raichelson, L., Soffer, P., 2014, Merging Event Logs with Many to Many Relationships, BPI  2014

 

Outmazgin N. and Soffer P., 2013, Business Process Workarounds: What Can and Cannot be Detected by Process Mining, Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling, LNBIP 147, Springer, pp 48-62

 

Haisjackl C., Zugal S., Soffer P., Hadar I., Reichert M., Pinggera J., Weber B. 2013, Making Sense of Declarative Process Models: Common Strategies and Typical Pitfalls, Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling, LNBIP 147, Springer, pp 2-17

 

Sacchi L., Fux A., Napolitano C., Panzarasa S., Peleg P., Quaglini S., Shalom E., Soffer P., Tormene P., 2013, Patient-tailored Workflow Patterns from Clinical Practice Guidelines Recommendations, Medinfo 2013

 

Pinggera J., Soffer P., Zugal S., Weber B., Weidlich M., Fahland D, Reijers H. A., and Mendling J, 2012, Modeling styles in business process modeling, Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling, LNBIP 113, Springer, 151-166.

 

Zugal S., Soffer P., Pinggera J., and Weber B., 2012, Expressiveness and Understandability Considerations of Hierarchy in Declarative Business Process Models, In Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling, LNBIP 113, Springer 167-181

 

Limonad, L., Varshney, L. R.,  Oppenheim, D. V., Fein, E., Soffer, P., Wand, Y., Chee, Y.M., Gavish, M., Anaby-Tavor, A. (2012). The WaaSaBE model: Marrying WaaS and Business-Entities to Support Cross-Organization Collaboration Using Commitment-Centric Analysis, Proceedings of SRII Global Conference (“IT-Enabled Services”), San Jose, California, July 2012. 303-312.

 

Soffer P., Kaner M., and Wand Y., 2012, Towards Understanding the Process of Process Modeling: Theoretical and Empirical Considerations,  In BPM 2011 Workshops Proceedings, LNBIP 99,  Springer-Verlag, pp. 357-369

 

Soffer P. and Yehezkel T., 2011, A State-based Context-aware Declarative Process Model, Enterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling BPMDS 2011 (LNBIP 81), pp. 148-162, Springer

 

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 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

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