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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 29, 2009
Applicants:
Biplav Srivastava, Noida, IN;
Debdoot Mukherjee, Kolkata, IN;
Inventors:
Biplav Srivastava, Noida, IN;
Debdoot Mukherjee, Kolkata, IN;
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06Q 10/10 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/10 (2013.01); G06F 17/30598 (2013.01);
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for applying Business Process Management (BPM) to enterprises having business processes documented in multiple representations. Embodiments of the invention reconcile and organize documented information about processes into groups that convey inter-process similarity. The discovered knowledge can be used by embodiments of the invention for many applications to find process clusters that significantly boost performance.