A visual approach to spot statistically-significant differences in event logs based on process metrics

A.J. Bolt Iriondo, M. De Leoni, W.M.P. Van Der Aalst

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Abstract

This paper addresses the problem of comparing different variants of the same process. We aim to detect relevant differences between processes based on what was recorded in event logs. We use transition systems to model behavior and to highlight differences. Transition systems are annotated with measurements, used to compare the behavior in the variants. The results are visualized as transitions systems, which are colored to pinpoint the significant differences. The approach has been implemented in ProM, and the implementation is publicly available. We validated our approach by performing experiments using real-life event data. The results show how our technique is able to detect relevant differences undetected by previous approaches while it avoids detecting insignificant differences.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationAdvanced Information Systems Engineering
Subtitle of host publication28th International Conference, CAiSE 2016, Ljubljana, Slovenia, June 13-17, 2016. Proceedings
EditorsS. Nurcan, P. Soffer, M. Bajec, J. Eder
Place of PublicationDordrecht
PublisherSpringer
Pages151-166
Number of pages16
ISBN (Electronic)978-3-319-39696-5
ISBN (Print)978-3-319-39695-8
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016
Event28th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE 2016) - Ljubljana, Slovenia
Duration: 13 Jun 201617 Jun 2016
Conference number: 28
http://caise2016.si/

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science
Volume9694
ISSN (Print)03029743
ISSN (Electronic)16113349

Conference

Conference28th International Conference on Advanced Information Systems Engineering (CAiSE 2016)
Abbreviated titleCAiSE '16
Country/TerritorySlovenia
CityLjubljana
Period13/06/1617/06/16
Other"Information Systems for Connecting People"
Internet address

Keywords

  • Annotated transition system
  • Process mining
  • Process variants comparison
  • Statistical significance

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