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QuOD: An NLP Tool to Improve the Quality of Business Process Descriptions

verfasst von : Alessio Ferrari, Giorgio O. Spagnolo, Antonella Fiscella, Guido Parente

Erschienen in: From Software Engineering to Formal Methods and Tools, and Back

Verlag: Springer International Publishing

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[Context and Motivation] In real-world organisations, business processes (BPs) are often described by means of natural language (NL) documents. Indeed, although semi-formal graphical notations exist to model BPs, most of the legacy process knowledge—when not tacit—is still conveyed through textual procedures or operational manuals, in which the BPs are specified. This is particularly true for public administrations (PAs), in which a large variety of BPs exist (e.g., definition of tenders, front-desk support) that have to be understood and put into practice by civil servants. [Question/problem] Incorrect understanding of the BP descriptions in PAs may cause delays in the delivery of services to citizens, or, in some cases, incorrect execution of the BPs. [Principal idea/results] In this paper, we present the development of an NLP-based tool named QuOD (Quality Analyser for Official Documents), oriented to detect linguistic defects in BP descriptions and to provide recommendations for improvements. [Contribution] QuOD is the first tool that addresses the problem of identifying NL defects in BP descriptions of PAs. The tool is available online at http://narwhal.it/quod/index.html.

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Titel: QuOD: An NLP Tool to Improve the Quality of Business Process Descriptions
verfasst von: Alessio Ferrari
Giorgio O. Spagnolo
Antonella Fiscella
Guido Parente
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Buch: From Software Engineering to Formal Methods and Tools, and Back
Print ISBN: 978-3-030-30984-8

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-30985-5

Copyright-Jahr: 2019
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30985-5_17

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