Process Activity Order Optimization
Organisatsiooni nimi
Software Engineering Group
Kokkuvõte
Lõputöö kaitsmise aasta
2015-2016
Juhendaja
Fabrizio Maggi & Fredrik Milani
Suhtlemiskeel(ed)
inglise keel
Nõuded kandideerijale
Some business processes are declarative in their nature. This means that the process does not follow a certain predictable path from the start to the end. Rather the process is more focused at achieving a specific goal but how it reaches the end can vary. As these processes, such as in a hospital, does not follow a procedural flow, they can vary a lot. These processes are rather managed by restrictions or business rules.
The execution of such a process can be likened to the travelling salespersons problem. The travelling sales person wants to find the most optimal path to cover all the cities he/she has to visit. There is an optimal path that requires visiting the cities in a specific order. The same applies to declarative processes. There is an order in which the activities can be performed that will lead to the lowest amount of time and/or cost.
This thesis is about developing a tool that, using process and deviance mining, can identify the most efficient path (order of activities given the business rules) in a declarative process (even if it is not currently taken). This is then used as a reference to analyse all the actual taken paths for the purpose of identifying the potential improvement of the process in terms of time and cost.
The execution of such a process can be likened to the travelling salespersons problem. The travelling sales person wants to find the most optimal path to cover all the cities he/she has to visit. There is an optimal path that requires visiting the cities in a specific order. The same applies to declarative processes. There is an order in which the activities can be performed that will lead to the lowest amount of time and/or cost.
This thesis is about developing a tool that, using process and deviance mining, can identify the most efficient path (order of activities given the business rules) in a declarative process (even if it is not currently taken). This is then used as a reference to analyse all the actual taken paths for the purpose of identifying the potential improvement of the process in terms of time and cost.
Tase
Magister
Märksõnad
Kandideerimise kontakt
Nimi
Fredrik Milani
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