Applying process mining approach to support the verification of a multi-agent system

Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 131-149

  Ou Yang, C ^a   Juan, Yeh Chun ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Agent based systems; Petri Nets; Process mining; Workflow feasibility

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED; AGENT SYSTEMS; AGENT-BASED SYSTEMS; DEVELOPING PROCESS; DEVELOPMENT TOOLS; EARLY DESIGN STAGES; EVALUATION APPROACH; IMPROVEMENT ANALYSIS; LOG FILE; PN MODELS; PROCESS MINING; SIMULATION PACKAGES; SIMULATION TOOL; SYSTEM DESIGN;

DATA MINING; DESIGN; GRAPH THEORY; MANAGEMENT; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PETRI NETS; ROBOTIC ASSEMBLY; SILICATE MINERALS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

EID: 77954177613     PISSN: 10043756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11518-010-5132-z     Document Type: Article

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