Automating the Discovery of AS-IS Business Process Models: Probabilistic and Algorithmic Approaches

Information Systems Research

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 275-301

  Datta, Anindya ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Algorithms; AS IS Business Process Models; Business Process Reengineering; Process Discovery

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

ALGORITHMIC APPROACH; BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS; BUSINESS PROCESS MODEL; BUSINESS PROCESS RE-ENGINEERING; CORPORATE ENVIRONMENT; PROCESS DISCOVERY; PROCESS PERFORMANCE; WORKFLOW MANAGEMENTS;

REENGINEERING;

EID: 0032328790     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.9.3.275     Document Type: Article

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