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Decision Support Using Belief Network Constructed from Business Process Event Log
Volume 28, Issue 4 (2017), pp. 687–701
Titas Savickas   Olegas Vasilecas  

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https://doi.org/10.15388/Informatica.2017.146
Pub. online: 1 January 2017      Type: Research Article      Open accessOpen Access

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Abstract

Information systems contain a lot of data regarding business process execution history. Use of this data, in the form of an event log, can greatly support business process management. The paper presents an approach to construct Bayesian belief network from an event log that could facilitate decision support in business process execution. The approach is evaluated against multiple event logs by inferring data probabilities occurring in the business processes. The results show that the approach is suitable for the task and could be used in decision support with future research focused on prediction and simulation of business processes.

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Biographies

Savickas Titas
titas.savickas@vgtu.lt

T. Savickas has a master’s degree in information system engineering acquired in 2013 and currently pursuits doctorate degree in Vilnius Gediminas Technical University in the area of informatics engineering. Current research is focused on process mining and its application in business process analysis and simulation.

Vasilecas Olegas
olegas.vasilecas@mii.vu.lt
olegas.vasilecas@vgtu.lt

O. Vasilecas is a full professor in Information System Department of the Vilnius Gediminas Technical University (VGTU) and a researcher in Vilnius University Institute of Mathematics and Informatics. He has many years of practical and research experience in information system development. Current research areas include business, information and software systems engineering; knowledge based information systems; business process modelling and simulation; systems theory and engineering, modern databases.


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