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Date of Patent:
Nov. 24, 2015

Filed:

May. 13, 2013
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Philippe Bonnard, Brunoy, FR;

Steven J. Demuth, Decorah, IA (US);

Rania Y. Khalaf, Cambridge, MA (US);

Geetika T. Lakshmanan, Winchester, MA (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/06 (2012.01); G06N 7/00 (2006.01); G06N 5/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06Q 10/0633 (2013.01); G06N 5/02 (2013.01); G06N 7/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

Embodiments relate to determining a process outcome based on a computed probability and altering the path of a process instance based on an expediting rule. An aspect includes executing, by a processing device, a process instance in a process diagram, which includes a plurality of process steps. A condition associated with a first process step is identified. An outcome for the first process step is then determined based on a computed probability. Accordingly, the first process step is bypassed and the process instance is branched to a second process step based on an expediting rule. The expediting rule includes the condition and a branching action according to a selected outcome.


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