An entropy-based uncertainty measure of process models

Information Processing Letters

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 135-141

  Jung, Jae Yoon ^a   Chin, Chang Ho ^a   Cardoso, Jorge ^b  

^a Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Concurrency; Entropy; Process measure; Process uncertainty; Real time system

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS PROCESS; BUSINESS PROCESS MODEL; CONCURRENCY; DYNAMIC BEHAVIORS; PREDICTION AND DECISION; PROCESS MEASURE; PROCESS MODEL; PROCESS UNCERTAINTIES; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; SYSTEMATIC ANALYSIS; UNCERTAINTY MEASURES;

DECISION MAKING; ENTROPY; REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 78449257320     PISSN: 00200190     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ipl.2010.10.022     Document Type: Article

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