Discovering Instance-Spanning Constraints from Process Execution Logs Based on Classification Techniques

Karolin Winter, Stefanie Rinderle-Ma

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Abstract

Process-aware Information Systems (PAIS) have become ubiquitous in companies. Thus the amount of data that can be used to analyze and monitor process executions is vast. The event logs generated by PAIS might contain information about decision making processes and can support the understanding and improving of procedures in companies. Mining decisions and constraints from logs has already been investigated, but so far only for each instance in a separate manner. However, in many practical settings instances are connected to each other if they share, for example, the same resources. Therefore, we present an approach for discovering Instance-Spanning Constraints (ISC) from event logs. The main idea is to identify instance-spanning attributes in the logs and to separate the logs accordingly. Based on these projections, classification algorithms are applied in order to obtain ISC candidates. The feasibility and applicability of the approach is evaluated based on artificial as well as real-life logs. The discovered ISC candidates are then assessed by domain experts.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2017 IEEE 21st International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference, EDOC 2017
EditorsRoger Villemaire, Roger Villemaire, Robert Lagerstrom, Sylvain Halle
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages79-88
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9781509030453
DOIs
StatePublished - 30 Oct 2017
Externally publishedYes
Event21st IEEE International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference, EDOC 2017 - Quebec City, Canada
Duration: 10 Oct 201713 Oct 2017

Publication series

NameProceedings - 2017 IEEE 21st International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference, EDOC 2017
Volume2017-January

Conference

Conference21st IEEE International Enterprise Distributed Object Computing Conference, EDOC 2017
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityQuebec City
Period10/10/1713/10/17

Keywords

  • Classification Techniques
  • Constraint Mining
  • Decision Mining
  • Instance-Spanning Constraints

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