Improving structural medical process comparison by exploiting domain knowledge and mined information

Process model comparison and similar process retrieval is a key issue to be addressed in many real-world situations. For example, when two companies are merged, process engineers need to compare processes originating from the two companies, in order to analyze their possible overlaps, and to identify areas for consolidation. Moreover, large companies build over time huge process model repositories, which serve as a knowledge base for their ongoing process management/enhancement efforts. Before adding a new process model to the repository, process engineers have to check that a similar model does not already exist, in order to prevent duplication.

Source: Artificial Intelligence in Medicine - July 18, 2014 Category: Bioinformatics Authors: Stefania Montani, Giorgio Leonardi, Silvana Quaglini, Anna Cavallini, Giuseppe Micieli Source Type: research