Discovering simulation models

Information Systems

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 305-327

  Rozinat, A ^a   Mans, R S ^a   Song, M ^a   van der Aalst, W M P ^a  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colored Petri nets; Petri nets; Process mining; Simulation models

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER WORMS; GRAPH THEORY; MARINE BIOLOGY; MINING; PETRI NETS;

ALTERNATIVE DESIGNS; ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES; AUDIT TRAILS; COLORED PETRI NETS; CONTROL FLOWS; GAIN INSIGHTS; HISTORIC DATUM; MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES; NON-TRIVIAL; PETRI-NET; PROCESS EXECUTIONS; PROCESS MINING; SIMULATION MODELS; TRANSACTION LOGS; WORK-FLOWS;

FLOW SIMULATION;

EID: 59149094053     PISSN: 03064379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.is.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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