Process mining: A research agenda

Computers in Industry

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 231-244

  Van der Aalst, W M P ^a   Weijters, A J M M ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Data mining; Petri nets; Process mining; Workflow management; Workflow mining

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; DATA MINING; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PETRI NETS; PROCESS CONTROL; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

PROCESS MINING; WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT; WORKFLOW MINING;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0346969648     PISSN: 01663615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.compind.2003.10.001     Document Type: Editorial

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