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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 02, 2008
Andreas Bögl, St. Nikola, AT;
Mathias Goller, Pfarrkirchen, DE;
Alexandra Grömer, Santiago, CL;
Gustav Pomberger, Linz, AT;
Norbert Weber, Glonn, DE;
Andreas Bögl, St. Nikola, AT;
Mathias Goller, Pfarrkirchen, DE;
Alexandra Grömer, Santiago, CL;
Gustav Pomberger, Linz, AT;
Norbert Weber, Glonn, DE;
Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Munich, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to an apparatus for clustering process models each consisting of model elements comprising a text phrase which describes in a natural language a process activity according to a process modeling language grammar and a natural language grammar, wherein said apparatus comprises a process object ontology memory for storing a process object ontology, a distance calculation unit for calculating a distance matrix employing said processing modeling language grammar and said natural language grammar, wherein said distance matrix consists of distances each indicating a dissimilarity of a pair of said process models, and a clustering unit which partitions said process models into a set of clusters based on said calculated distance matrix.