Process Mining Approach to Formal Business Process Modelling and Verification: A Case Study
Identifikátory výsledku
Kód výsledku v IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F47813059%3A19520%2F20%3AA0000153" target="_blank" >RIV/47813059:19520/20:A0000153 - isvavai.cz</a>
Výsledek na webu
<a href="https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JM2-03-2020-0077/full/html" target="_blank" >https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/JM2-03-2020-0077/full/html</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/JM2-03-2020-0077" target="_blank" >10.1108/JM2-03-2020-0077</a>
Alternativní jazyky
Jazyk výsledku
angličtina
Název v původním jazyce
Process Mining Approach to Formal Business Process Modelling and Verification: A Case Study
Popis výsledku v původním jazyce
Purpose: The need for assuring correctness of business processes in enterprises is widely recognised in terms of business process re-engineering and improvement. Formal methods are a promising approach to this issue. The challenge in business process verification is to create a formal model that is well-aligned to the reality. Process mining is a well-known technique to discover a model of a process based on facts. However, no studies exist that apply it to formal verification. This study aims to propose a methodology for formal business process verification by means of process mining, and attempts to clarify the challenges and necessary technologies in this approach using a case study. Design/methodology/approach: A trading company simulation model is used as a case study. A workflow model is discovered from an event log produced by a simulation tool and manually complemented to a formal model. Correctness requirements of both domain-dependent and domain-independent types of the model are checked by means of model-checking. Findings: For business process verification with both domain-dependent and domain-independent correctness requirements, more advanced process mining techniques that discover data-related aspects of processes are desirable. The choice of a formal modelling language is also crucial. It depends on the correctness requirements and the characteristics of the business process. Originality/value: Formal verification of business processes starting with creating its formal model is quite new. Furthermore, domain-dependent and domain-independent correctness properties are considered in the same framework, which is also new. This study revealed necessary technologies for this approach with process mining.
Název v anglickém jazyce
Process Mining Approach to Formal Business Process Modelling and Verification: A Case Study
Popis výsledku anglicky
Purpose: The need for assuring correctness of business processes in enterprises is widely recognised in terms of business process re-engineering and improvement. Formal methods are a promising approach to this issue. The challenge in business process verification is to create a formal model that is well-aligned to the reality. Process mining is a well-known technique to discover a model of a process based on facts. However, no studies exist that apply it to formal verification. This study aims to propose a methodology for formal business process verification by means of process mining, and attempts to clarify the challenges and necessary technologies in this approach using a case study. Design/methodology/approach: A trading company simulation model is used as a case study. A workflow model is discovered from an event log produced by a simulation tool and manually complemented to a formal model. Correctness requirements of both domain-dependent and domain-independent types of the model are checked by means of model-checking. Findings: For business process verification with both domain-dependent and domain-independent correctness requirements, more advanced process mining techniques that discover data-related aspects of processes are desirable. The choice of a formal modelling language is also crucial. It depends on the correctness requirements and the characteristics of the business process. Originality/value: Formal verification of business processes starting with creating its formal model is quite new. Furthermore, domain-dependent and domain-independent correctness properties are considered in the same framework, which is also new. This study revealed necessary technologies for this approach with process mining.
Klasifikace
Druh
J<sub>SC</sub> - Článek v periodiku v databázi SCOPUS
CEP obor
—
OECD FORD obor
50204 - Business and management
Návaznosti výsledku
Projekt
—
Návaznosti
V - Vyzkumna aktivita podporovana z jinych verejnych zdroju
Ostatní
Rok uplatnění
2020
Kód důvěrnosti údajů
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Údaje specifické pro druh výsledku
Název periodika
Journal of Modelling in Management
ISSN
1746-5664
e-ISSN
—
Svazek periodika
in-print
Číslo periodika v rámci svazku
in-print
Stát vydavatele periodika
GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska
Počet stran výsledku
21
Strana od-do
1-21
Kód UT WoS článku
—
EID výsledku v databázi Scopus
2-s2.0-85089977210