Mining Blockchain Processes: Extracting Process Mining Data from Blockchain Applications

Christopher Klinkmüller; Alexander Ponomarev; An Binh Tran; Ingo Weber; Wil van der Aalst

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-30429-4_6

Mining Blockchain Processes: Extracting Process Mining Data from Blockchain Applications

Christopher Klinkmüller, Alexander Ponomarev, An Binh Tran, Ingo Weber, Wil van der Aalst

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Abstract

Blockchain technology has been gaining popularity as a platform for developing decentralized applications and executing cross-organisational processes. However, extracting data that allows analysing the process view from blockchains is surprisingly hard. Therefore, blockchain data are rarely used for process mining. In this paper, we propose a framework for alleviating that pain. The framework comprises three main parts: a manifest specifying how data is logged, an extractor for retrieving data (structured according to the XES standard), and a generator that produces logging code to support smart contract developers. Among others, we propose a convenient way to encode logging data in a compact form, to achieve relatively low cost and high throughput for on-chain logging. The proposal is evaluated with logs created from generated logging code, as well as with existing blockchain applications that do not make use of the proposed code generator.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Business Process Management
Subtitle of host publication	Blockchain and Central and Eastern Europe Forum - BPM 2019 Blockchain and CEE Forum, 2019, Proceedings
Editors	Claudio Di Ciccio, Renata Gabryelczyk, Luciano García-Bañuelos, Tomislav Hernaus, Rick Hull, Mojca Indihar Štemberger, Andrea Ko, Mark Staples
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	71-86
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Print)	9783030304287
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30429-4_6
State	Published - 2019
Externally published	Yes
Event	Blockchain Forum and the Central and Eastern Europe Forum (CEE Forum) held at the 17th International Conference on Business Process Management, BPM 2019 - Vienna, Austria Duration: 1 Sep 2019 → 6 Sep 2019

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume	361
ISSN (Print)	1865-1348
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-1356

Conference

Conference	Blockchain Forum and the Central and Eastern Europe Forum (CEE Forum) held at the 17th International Conference on Business Process Management, BPM 2019
Country/Territory	Austria
City	Vienna
Period	1/09/19 → 6/09/19

Keywords

Blockchain
Logging
Process mining
Smart contracts
XES

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Klinkmüller, C., Ponomarev, A., Tran, A. B., Weber, I., & van der Aalst, W. (2019). Mining Blockchain Processes: Extracting Process Mining Data from Blockchain Applications. In C. Di Ciccio, R. Gabryelczyk, L. García-Bañuelos, T. Hernaus, R. Hull, M. Indihar Štemberger, A. Ko, & M. Staples (Eds.), Business Process Management: Blockchain and Central and Eastern Europe Forum - BPM 2019 Blockchain and CEE Forum, 2019, Proceedings (pp. 71-86). (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 361). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30429-4_6

Klinkmüller, Christopher ; Ponomarev, Alexander ; Tran, An Binh et al. / Mining Blockchain Processes : Extracting Process Mining Data from Blockchain Applications. Business Process Management: Blockchain and Central and Eastern Europe Forum - BPM 2019 Blockchain and CEE Forum, 2019, Proceedings. editor / Claudio Di Ciccio ; Renata Gabryelczyk ; Luciano García-Bañuelos ; Tomislav Hernaus ; Rick Hull ; Mojca Indihar Štemberger ; Andrea Ko ; Mark Staples. Springer Verlag, 2019. pp. 71-86 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing).

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Klinkmüller, C, Ponomarev, A, Tran, AB, Weber, I & van der Aalst, W 2019, Mining Blockchain Processes: Extracting Process Mining Data from Blockchain Applications. in C Di Ciccio, R Gabryelczyk, L García-Bañuelos, T Hernaus, R Hull, M Indihar Štemberger, A Ko & M Staples (eds), Business Process Management: Blockchain and Central and Eastern Europe Forum - BPM 2019 Blockchain and CEE Forum, 2019, Proceedings. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 361, Springer Verlag, pp. 71-86, Blockchain Forum and the Central and Eastern Europe Forum (CEE Forum) held at the 17th International Conference on Business Process Management, BPM 2019, Vienna, Austria, 1/09/19. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30429-4_6

Mining Blockchain Processes: Extracting Process Mining Data from Blockchain Applications. / Klinkmüller, Christopher; Ponomarev, Alexander; Tran, An Binh et al.
Business Process Management: Blockchain and Central and Eastern Europe Forum - BPM 2019 Blockchain and CEE Forum, 2019, Proceedings. ed. / Claudio Di Ciccio; Renata Gabryelczyk; Luciano García-Bañuelos; Tomislav Hernaus; Rick Hull; Mojca Indihar Štemberger; Andrea Ko; Mark Staples. Springer Verlag, 2019. p. 71-86 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 361).

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Klinkmüller C, Ponomarev A, Tran AB, Weber I, van der Aalst W. Mining Blockchain Processes: Extracting Process Mining Data from Blockchain Applications. In Di Ciccio C, Gabryelczyk R, García-Bañuelos L, Hernaus T, Hull R, Indihar Štemberger M, Ko A, Staples M, editors, Business Process Management: Blockchain and Central and Eastern Europe Forum - BPM 2019 Blockchain and CEE Forum, 2019, Proceedings. Springer Verlag. 2019. p. 71-86. (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing). doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-30429-4_6

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