Process Mining allows organizations to obtain actual business process models from event
logs (discovery), to compare the event log or the resulting process model in the discovery …

Conformance checking is a set of process mining functions that compare process instances
with a given process model. It identifies deviations between the process instances' actual …

Many organisations now seek to analyse and improve their processes using event logs from
various IT systems supporting their operations. Process mining aims to obtain insights from …

Process mining is a family of techniques that aim at analyzing business process execution
data recorded in event logs. Conformance checking is a branch of this discipline embracing …

Clinical guidelines aim at improving the quality of care processes through evidence-based
insights. However, there may be good reasons to deviate from such guidelines or the …

This thesis is about process mining: the analysis an organization's processes by using
process execution data. During the handling of a case or process instance data about the …

Artful processes are those processes in which the experience, intuition, and knowledge of
the actors are the key factors in determining the decision making. They are typically carried …

Abstract Business Process Management (BPM) is a central element of today's organizations.
Over the years, its main focus has been the support of business processes (BPs) in highly …

Process mining can be seen as the “missing link” between data mining and business
process management. The lion's share of process mining research has been devoted to the …

This book encompasses a revised version of the Ph. D. dissertation, written by the author, at
the Mathematics Department of the University of Padua (Italy), and at the Computer Science …