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Discovering Block-Structured Process Models from Event Logs Containing Infrequent Behaviour

verfasst von : Sander J. J. Leemans, Dirk Fahland, Wil M. P. van der Aalst

Erschienen in: Business Process Management Workshops

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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Abstract

Given an event log describing observed behaviour, process discovery aims to find a process model that ‘best’ describes this behaviour. A large variety of process discovery algorithms has been proposed. However, no existing algorithm returns a sound model in all cases (free of deadlocks and other anomalies), handles infrequent behaviour well and finishes quickly. We present a technique able to cope with infrequent behaviour and large event logs, while ensuring soundness. The technique has been implemented in ProM and we compare the technique with existing approaches in terms of quality and performance.

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Fußnoten
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A trace model allows for all traces in the event log, but no other behaviour.
 
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We adapted the fitness computation in the PNetReplayer package to achieve this.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Discovering Block-Structured Process Models from Event Logs Containing Infrequent Behaviour
verfasst von
Sander J. J. Leemans
Dirk Fahland
Wil M. P. van der Aalst
Copyright-Jahr
2014
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-06257-0_6