Workflow simulation for operational decision support using design, historic and state information

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5240 LNCS, Issue , 2008, Pages 196-211

  Rozinat, Anne ^a   Wynn, Moe ^b   Van Der Aalst, Wil ^a,b   Ter Hofstede, Arthur ^b   Fidge, Colin ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Process mining; Short term simulation; Workflow management

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS; HISTORIC INFORMATION; OPERATIONAL DECISION MAKING; OPERATIONAL DECISION SUPPORT; PROCESS MINING; SHORT-TERM SIMULATION; WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; WORKFLOW MANAGEMENTS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 57049107349     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-85758-7_16     Document Type: Conference Paper

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