Process mining: From theory to practice

Business Process Management Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 493-512

  Turner, Chris J ^a   Tiwari, Ashutosh ^a   Olaiya, Richard ^a   Xu, Yuchun ^a  

^a CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business process management; Business process mining; Data management; Process control; Process management; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861823185     PISSN: 14637154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14637151211232669     Document Type: Review

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