Workflow simulation for operational decision support

Data and Knowledge Engineering

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 834-850

  Rozinat, A ^a   Wynn, M T ^b   van der Aalst, W M P ^a,b   ter Hofstede, A H M ^b   Fidge, C J ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Process mining; Short term simulation; Workflow management

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PROCESS; CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENTS; DATA CAPTURING; HISTORIC INFORMATION; INITIAL DESIGN; OPERATIONAL DECISION MAKING; OPERATIONAL DECISION SUPPORT; PROCESS MINING; SHORT-TERM SIMULATION; SIMULATION SYSTEMS; TOOLSET; WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT; WORKFLOW MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; WORKFLOW MANAGEMENTS; WORKFLOW SIMULATION;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; MINING; WORK SIMPLIFICATION;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 67349262765     PISSN: 0169023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.datak.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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