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Simplifying
Mined Process Models
Dirk Fahland
Wil M.P. van der Aalst
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Process Mining, Currently
event
log
process mining
algorithmprocess
model
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Process Mining, Currently
event
log
process mining
algorithmprocess
model
readable
process
model
PAGE 3
Post-Process the Model
event
log
process mining
algorithmprocess
model
readable
process
modelsimplify
introduce:
post-processing
operations on the
mined model
can replay the entire log
can replay
the entire log
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…Based on Original Event Log
event
log
process mining
algorithmprocess
model readable
process
modelsimplify
introduce:
post-processing
operations on the
mined model
can replay the entire log
can replay
the entire log
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Analysis
event
log
process mining
algorithmprocess
model readable
process
modelsimplify
behavior
observed executions
incomplete knowledge
generalized behavior
discover ordering relations
infer behavior
simplify
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Idea: Re-Adjust Generalization
event
log
process mining
algorithmprocess
model readable
process
model
behavior
model
complexity
log
simplify
unfold model wrt. log
fold, simplify,
generalize
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Unfold a Spaghetti-Model
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Unfold Model wrt. a Log
A
BC
D
log
mined
process model
ABDA
ABCBDAABCBC
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Unfold Model wrt. a Log
A
BC
D
log
unfold
mined
process model
ABDA
ABCBDA
A
B
D
A
ABCBC
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Unfold Model wrt. a Log
A
BC
D
log
unfold
mined
process model
ABDA
ABCBDA
A
B
D
A
C
B
D
A
ABCBC
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Unfold Model wrt. a Log
A
BC
D
log
unfold
mined
process model
ABDA
ABCBDA
A
B
D
A
C
B
D
A
C
ABCBC
B
B
B
unfolding
wrt. the logPAGE 12
Unfold Model wrt. a Log
A
BC
D
log
unfold
mined
process model
ABDA
ABCBDA
A
B
D
A
C
B
D
A
C
ABCBC
unfolding
wrt. the logPAGE 13
Represents Concurrency
A
BC
D
log
unfold
mined
process model
AEBDA
ABECBDA
A
B
D
A
C
B
D
A
E
EABCBC
C
unfolding
wrt. the logPAGE 14
Represents Concurrency
log
AEBDA
ABECBDA
A
B
D
A
C
B
D
A
E
• is a process model
• contains only behavior in the log
• is acyclic
• represents concurrency explicitly
• labeled(several tasks with same label)
ABCBC
C
unfolding
wrt. the logPAGE 15
Represents Concurrency
log
AEBDA
ABECBDA
A
B
D
A
C
B
D
A
E
unfold
fold,
simplify,
generalize
ABCBC
C
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Fold an unfolded model
A
B
D
A
C
B
D
A
E
merge equivalent nodes
C
necessary condition on
equivalent transitions
• same label
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Fold an unfolded model
A
B
D
A
C
B
D
A
E necessary condition on
equivalent transitions
• same label
• equivalent pre-/post-places
merge equivalent nodes
C
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Fold an unfolded model
A
B
D
A
C
B
D
A
E
C
various equivalences possible
(see paper for some)
merge equivalent nodes
necessary condition on
equivalent transitions
• same label
• equivalent pre-/post-places
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Fold an unfolded model
A
B
D
A
C
B
D
A
E
C
A
BC
D
E
A
merge equivalent nodes
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Unfolding and Refolding
A
BC
D
E
A
A
BC
D
E
unfold
fold
refolded vs. original model
• less behavior
(replays the log and more)
• simpler structure
simplify
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Next: Simplifying and Generalizing
process
model
readable
process
model
behavior
complexity
log
simplify
unfold
simplify,
generalize
fold
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Implied Places
A
B
D
A
C
B
D
A
C
A
BC
D
A
fold
implied place
• does not restrict transitions
remove from folded model
• simpler model
• same behavior
various techniques to find
implied places
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Special: Implied Places and Folding
folding may merge implied and non-implied places
A
B
A
D
unfolding wrt. log
C C
remove p: simpler model,
more behavior (generalization)
let user decide
p
fold
A
BD C
p
p
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Configurable Simplification
process
model
readable
process
model
behavior
complexity
log
unfold
simplify,
generalize
fold
configurable
simplifysimplify
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ProM6 / Uma > www.processmining.org
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ProM6 / Uma > www.processmining.org
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ProM6 / Uma > www.processmining.org
15 benchmark logs, 6 industrial logs[www.promtools.org/prom5/]
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Experimental Results
15 benchmark logs, 6 industrial logs[www.promtools.org/prom5/]
model complexity = #arcs / #nodes
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Experimental Results
9.0
8.0
7.0
6.0
5.0
4.0
3.0
2.0
1.0
0.0
precision: traces allowed by model and not in log
1.0 = only log behavior allowed
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Experimental Results
rises/falls within limits (can be controlled)
from
spaghetti
to
lasagna?
from
spaghetti
to less complex
spaghetti
techniques to navigate the model/behavior space
use model and log together
use model unfoldings
break a rule and see what happens
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Lessons Learned
behavior
model
complexity
log
unfold
simplify,
generalize
fold
PAGE 34
And next?
simplifyevent
log
process mining
algorithmprocess
model readable
process
modelsimplify
process views
most simple model covering 80% of the log
improve mining algorithms?
we showed: there is room for improvement
Simplifying
Mined Process Models
Dirk Fahland
about.me/dirk.fahland
