Towards Modeling Human-Agentic Collaborative Workflows: A BPMN Extension

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2412.05958v2
• Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2024 09:10:32 GMT
• Title: Towards Modeling Human-Agentic Collaborative Workflows: A BPMN Extension
• Authors: Adem Ait, Javier Luis Cánovas Izquierdo, Jordi Cabot,
• Abstract summary: Large Language Models (LLMs) have facilitated the definition of autonomous intelligent agents.<n>The orchestration and coordination of these agents is still challenging.<n>Current business process modeling languages fall short when it comes to specifying these new mixed collaborative scenarios.<n>We extend a well-known process modeling language (i.e., BPMN) to enable the definition of this new type of workflow.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
• Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) have facilitated the definition of autonomous intelligent agents. Such agents have already demonstrated their potential in solving complex tasks in different domains. And they can further increase their performance when collaborating with other agents in a multi-agent system. However, the orchestration and coordination of these agents is still challenging, especially when they need to interact with humans as part of human-agentic collaborative workflows. These kinds of workflows need to be precisely specified so that it is clear whose responsible for each task, what strategies agents can follow to complete individual tasks or how decisions will be taken when different alternatives are proposed, among others. Current business process modeling languages fall short when it comes to specifying these new mixed collaborative scenarios. In this exploratory paper, we extend a well-known process modeling language (i.e., BPMN) to enable the definition of this new type of workflow. Our extension covers both the formalization of the new metamodeling concepts required and the proposal of a BPMN-like graphical notation to facilitate the definition of these workflows. Our extension has been implemented and is available as an open-source human-agentic workflow modeling editor on GitHub.

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