Design of an Automatic Workflow Modeling Method in Cooperative WFMS

Author

Li, Yan ; Feng, Yuqiang

Author_Institution

Dept. of Manage. Sci. & Eng., Harbin Inst. of Technol.

fYear

2006

fDate

3-5 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

6

Abstract

WFMS is a typical computer supported cooperative application system. However it is difficult for the workflow models defined by current methods to support well the cooperative work among participators. Recently a new modeling method is presented, which is called as workflow mining. This new method has the capability of automatic modeling, strong objectivity, high efficiency and low cost, so it can improve the modeling quality and support well the cooperative work. Nowadays the new technology is in primary stage, the known mining algorithms are not perfect. In this paper a workflow mining algorithm based on Markov transition matrix is designed, which can reduce the effect of complexity of process structure and quality of workflow logs on the process mining and improve the automatic modeling efficiency

Keywords

Markov processes; data mining; groupware; matrix algebra; workflow management software; Markov transition matrix; automatic workflow modeling method; computer supported cooperative application system; cooperative WFMS; process mining; process structure complexity; workflow logs; workflow mining algorithm; Algorithm design and analysis; Application software; Collaborative work; Computer applications; Conference management; Costs; Design engineering; Engineering management; Technology management; Workflow management software; Markov Transition Matrix; WFMS; Workflow Log; Workflow Mining; Workflow modeling;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, 2006. CSCWD '06. 10th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nanjing

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0164-X

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0165-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSCWD.2006.253260

Filename

4019296