FAMILY OF CONCEPTS - Structural Partition of Behavior Type
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Behavior TypeA Behavior Type is an Operating Asset Type that describes any action or reaction of an Agent Type to external or internal Behavioral Events. Behavior Types include Action Process Typees (action), Interaction Process Types (stories) or interactions (Service Interface). The course of actions of a Behavior Type is constrained ( Rule Enforcement) by the application of Behavioral Rules that define what is allowed and not allowed to do. |
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DISJOINT SUBTYPES of 'Behavior Type'
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Action Process Type |
An Action Process Type is a Behavior Type that describes a typical course of action intended to produce Outcomes, through the involvement of Agent Types as Active Participants. During its course of action, a process consumes or produces Functional Assets, including Information Assets. 1) It may memorize or access Information Assets from and to its Process Stores. 2) It may receive Functional Assets at its boundary: Outcome Consumptions. 3) It may signal the production of Functional Assets at its boundary: Outcome Productions. The course of actions of a Action Process Type is constrained ( Rule Enforcement) by the application of Behavioral Rules that define what is allowed and not allowed to do. Within SysFEAT, we can examine Action Process Typees from two distinct perspectives: a) A conceptual standpoint is provided by Value Streams. b) A concrete implementation standpoint is provided by Resource Action Processes. |
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Interaction Process Type |
An Interaction Process Type is a story (Behavior Type) that describes how the components of an Agent Type interacts to produce and consume Outcome Events. This includes: 1) A course of events represented by Object Flows depicting the succesion of intermediate Outcome Events towards the production of the final Outcome Events. 2) Interacting Agent Types who participate to the story. |
Service Interface |
A Service Interface is an interaction Behavior Type that describes a typical course of Flow Connections, coordinated by Behavioral Events and Outcome Events, and intended to produce Outcomes through the involvement of Agent Types. |