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Process mining: software comparison, trends, and challenges

Author: Octavio Loyola-González

Published in: International Journal of Data Science and Analytics | Issue 4/2023

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Process mining is the confluence between data mining and business process management, which is a growing and promising research topic. From process execution event logs, process mining focuses on understanding end-to-end processes and helps provide more significant findings. In this paper, a brief review of each of the main stages (discovery, conformance, and enhancement) of the process mining and low-code automation platforms for business processes are stated. Also, it provides an analysis of the 16 most prominent process mining software as well as an in-depth taxonomy considering 55 features. From this comparison, a subset of software obtained the best scores for process discovery while others for process simulation. Finally, trends and a set of challenges for process mining are pointed out.

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Title: Process mining: software comparison, trends, and challenges
Author: Octavio Loyola-González
Publication date: 30-12-2022
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Published in: International Journal of Data Science and Analytics / Issue 4/2023
Print ISSN: 2364-415X
Electronic ISSN: 2364-4168
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s41060-022-00379-0

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