Discovering Workflow Patterns from Timed Logs

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Abstract

Traditionally, workflow modeling is typically done by interviews or questionnaires which stay quite limited for the acquisition of workflow models and their adaptation to changing requirements. In order to build such model, this paper proposes to “reverse the process”. The approach, we propose, is able to acquire workflow model from workflow log, which contains information about execution events. This paper presents a mining technique to discover workflows patterns (e.g. Sequence, Parallel split, Exclusive choice, etc.) from workflow event log in the objective to build a global workflow model. An event log is a view of a workflow execution at a given instant. The mining of workflow patterns is done by the combination of two complementary techniques: an algorithmic technique and a statistical analysis. The building of the global workflow model is done with bottom-up approach. The discovering technique proposed can deal with some ambiguities where the single use of an algorithmic technique method cannot resolve.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationEMISA 2004 - Informationssysteme im E-Business und E-Government, Beitrage des Workshops der GI-Fachgruppe EMISA
EditorsFernand Feltz, Andreas Oberweis, Benoit Otjacques
PublisherGesellschaft fur Informatik (GI)
Pages84-94
Number of pages11
ISBN (Electronic)3885793857
Publication statusPublished - 1 Jan 2004
Externally publishedYes
EventInformationssysteme im E-Business und E-Government, Beitrage des Workshops der GI-Fachgruppe EMISA, EMISA 2004 - Information Systems in E-Business and E-Government. Contributions to the Workshop of the GI Special Interest Group EMISA, EMISA 2004 - Luxemburg, Luxembourg
Duration: 6 Oct 20048 Oct 2004

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Informatics (LNI), Proceedings - Series of the Gesellschaft fur Informatik (GI)
VolumeP-56
ISSN (Print)1617-5468
ISSN (Electronic)2944-7682

Conference

ConferenceInformationssysteme im E-Business und E-Government, Beitrage des Workshops der GI-Fachgruppe EMISA, EMISA 2004 - Information Systems in E-Business and E-Government. Contributions to the Workshop of the GI Special Interest Group EMISA, EMISA 2004
Country/TerritoryLuxembourg
CityLuxemburg
Period6/10/048/10/04

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