The paper examines how event logs used in process mining can fail to reveal concurrent versus sequential activities, using a hospital example where blood tests and imaging may occur simultaneously or in alternating order. It demonstrates that standard stochastic language approaches only expose the assumptions of their discovery algorithms, often misrepresenting concurrency. The authors argue that the key to distinguishing concurrent behavior lies in the choice of recorded data—such as precise start and end times or object‑centric ordering—rather than simply increasing sample size.
By Antony R. Lee, Peter Ti\v{n}o, Iain B. Styles
The paper examines how event data from hospital processes can obscure whether activities occur concurrently or sequentially. It shows that standard event‑log approaches, based on stochastic language, often fail to distinguish concurrency because any log can be explained by a model with no concurrent events. The authors argue that the key to resolving this ambiguity lies in the choice of what is recorded—such as precise start and end times or object‑centric ordering—rather than simply collecting more data.
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