Generating event logs from non-process-aware systems enabling business process mining

Enterprise Information Systems

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 301-335

  Pérez Castillo, Ricardo ^a   Weber, Barbara ^b   Pinggera, Jakob ^b   Zugal, Stefan ^b   de Guzmán, Ignacio García Rodríguez ^a   Piattini, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

Author keywords

Dynamic analysis; Event log; Legacy system; Modernisation; Process mining

Indexed keywords

ACCEPTABLE LIMIT; BUSINESS ACTIVITIES; BUSINESS KNOWLEDGE; BUSINESS PROCESS; EVENT LOG; HEALTH CARE INFORMATION SYSTEM; LEGACY INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PROCESS MINING; PROCESS-AWARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

DATA MINING; DYNAMIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MAINTAINABILITY;

LEGACY SYSTEMS;

EID: 79960313923     PISSN: 17517575     EISSN: 17517583     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17517575.2011.587545     Document Type: Article

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