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Process mining provides various algorithms to analyze process executions based on event data. Process discovery, the most prominent category of process mining techniques, aims to discover process models from event logs, however, it leads to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-07-27 Anahita Farhang Ghahfarokhi , Fatemeh Akoochekian , Fareed Zandkarimi , Wil M. P. van der Aalst

With the advent of digital transformation, organisations are increasingly generating large volumes of data through the execution of various processes across disparate systems. By integrating data from these heterogeneous sources, it becomes…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Mark van der Pas , Remco Dijkman , Alp Akçay , Ivo Adan , John Walker

Enterprise information systems allow companies to maintain detailed records of their business process executions. These records can be extracted in the form of event logs, which capture the execution of activities across multiple instances…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2021-05-14 Adriano Augusto , Marlon Dumas , Marcello La Rosa

This extended paper presents 1) a novel hierarchy and recursion extension to the process tree model; and 2) the first, recursion aware process model discovery technique that leverages hierarchical information in event logs, typically…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2017-10-26 Maikel Leemans , Wil M. P. van der Aalst , Mark G. J. van den Brand

Process discovery aims at automatically creating process models on the basis of event data captured during the execution of business processes. Process discovery algorithms tend to use all of the event data to discover a process model. This…

Databases · Computer Science 2019-12-03 Mohammadreza Fani Sani , Mathilde Boltenhagen , Wil van der Aalst

Automated process discovery is a class of process mining methods that allow analysts to extract business process models from event logs. Traditional process discovery methods extract process models from a snapshot of an event log stored in…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-04-10 Volodymyr Leno , Abel Armas-Cervantes , Marlon Dumas , Marcello La Rosa , Fabrizio M. Maggi

Process models depict crucial artifacts for organizations regarding documentation, communication, and collaboration. The proper comprehension of such models is essential for an effective application. An important aspect in process model…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2021-12-01 Michael Winter , Heiko Neumann , Rüdiger Pryss , Thomas Probst , Manfred Reichert

This paper presents a novel approach for automated analysis of process models discovered using process mining techniques. Process mining explores underlying processes hidden in the event data generated by various devices. Our proposed…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-11-04 Ivona Zakarija , Frano Škopljanac-Mačina , Bruno Blašković

Process mining focuses on the analysis of recorded event data in order to gain insights about the true execution of business processes. While foundational process mining techniques treat such data as sequences of abstract events, more…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2021-03-23 Adrian Rebmann , Han van der Aa

Detecting anomalies is important for identifying inefficiencies, errors, or fraud in business processes. Traditional process mining approaches focus on analyzing 'flattened', sequential, event logs based on a single case notion. However,…

Statistical Finance · Quantitative Finance 2024-03-05 Alessandro Niro , Michael Werner

Process mining provides methods to analyse event logs generated by information systems during the execution of processes. It thereby supports the design, validation, and execution of processes in domains ranging from healthcare, through…

Databases · Computer Science 2024-02-06 Mehdi Acheli , Daniela Grigori , Matthias Weidlich

Process mining methods allow analysts to use logs of historical executions of business processes in order to gain knowledge about the actual behavior of these processes. One of the most widely studied process mining operations is automated…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2018-06-11 Fabrizio Maria Maggi , Andrea Marrella , Fredrik Milani , Allar Soo , Silva Kasela

The execution of processes leaves traces of event data in information systems. These event data can be analyzed through process mining techniques. For traditional process mining techniques, one has to associate each event with exactly one…

Databases · Computer Science 2022-08-08 Jan Niklas Adams , Daniel Schuster , Seth Schmitz , Günther Schuh , Wil M. P. van der Aalst

Much time in process mining projects is spent on finding and understanding data sources and extracting the event data needed. As a result, only a fraction of time is spent actually applying techniques to discover, control and predict the…

Databases · Computer Science 2018-11-21 Alessandro Berti , Wil van der Aalst

Processes, such as patient pathways, can be very complex, comprising of hundreds of activities and dozens of interleaved subprocesses. While existing process discovery algorithms have proven to construct models of high quality on clean logs…

Databases · Computer Science 2020-10-19 Xixi Lu , Avigdor Gal , Hajo A. Reijers

Object-Centric Process Mining (OCPM) enables business process analysis from multiple perspectives. For example, an educational path can be examined from the viewpoints of students, teachers, and groups. This analysis depends on…

Databases · Computer Science 2025-04-22 Najmeh Miri , Shahrzad Khayatbashi , Jelena Zdravkovic , Amin Jalali

Analyzing process data at varying levels of granularity is important to derive actionable insights and support informed decision-making. Object-Centric Event Data (OCED) enhances process mining by capturing interactions among events and…

Databases · Computer Science 2026-04-08 Shahrzad Khayatbashi , Najmeh Miri , Amin Jalali

Simple process models are key for effectively communicating the outcomes of process mining. An important question in this context is whether the complexity of event logs used as inputs to process discovery algorithms can serve as a reliable…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Patrizia Schalk , Artem Polyvyanyy

A core task in process mining is process discovery which aims to learn an accurate process model from event log data. In this paper, we propose to use (block-) structured programs directly as target process models so as to establish…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-08-14 Dell Zhang , Alexander Kuhnle , Julian Richardson , Murat Sensoy

Process mining traditionally relies on input consisting of low-level events that capture individual activities, such as filling out a form or processing a product. However, many of the complex problems inherent in processes, such as…

Databases · Computer Science 2024-05-24 Bianka Bakullari , Wil M. P. van der Aalst