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Process Discovery Using Integer Linear Programming

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Applications and Theory of Petri Nets (PETRI NETS 2008)

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The research domain of process discovery aims at constructing a process model (e.g. a Petri net) which is an abstract representation of an execution log. Such a Petri net should (1) be able to reproduce the log under consideration and (2) be independent of the number of cases in the log. In this paper, we present a process discovery algorithm where we use concepts taken from the language-based theory of regions, a well-known Petri net research area. We identify a number of shortcomings of this theory from the process discovery perspective, and we provide solutions based on integer linear programming.

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  1. Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, P.O. Box 513, 5600 MB, Eindhoven, The Netherlands

    J. M. E. M. van der Werf, B. F. van Dongen, C. A. J. Hurkens & A. Serebrenik

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van der Werf, J.M.E.M., van Dongen, B.F., Hurkens, C.A.J., Serebrenik, A. (2008). Process Discovery Using Integer Linear Programming. In: van Hee, K.M., Valk, R. (eds) Applications and Theory of Petri Nets. PETRI NETS 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5062. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68746-7_24

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