Abstract. This work presents a set of methods to improve the understandability of process models. Traditionally, simplification methods trade off quality metrics, such as fitness or precision. Conversely, the methods proposed in this paper produce simplified models while preserving or even increasing fidelity metrics. The first problem addressed in the paper is the discovery of duplicate tasks. A new method is proposed that avoids overfitting by working on the transition system generated by the log. The method is able to discover duplicate tasks even in the presence of concurrency and choice. The second problem is the structural simplification of the model by identifying optional and repetitive tasks. The tasks are substituted by annotated events that allow the removal of silent tasks and reduce the complexity of the model. An important feature of the methods proposed in this paper is that they are independent from the actual miner used for process discovery.

Visualization is essential for understanding the models obtained by process mining. Clear and efficient visual representations make the embedded information more accessible and analyzable. This work presents a novel approach for generating process models with structural properties that induce visually friendly layouts. Rather than generating a single model that captures all behaviors, a set of Petri net models is delivered, each one covering a subset of traces of the log. The models are mined by extracting slices of labelled transition systems with specific properties from the complete state space produced by the process logs. In most cases, few Petri nets are sufficient to cover a significant part of the behavior produced by the log.

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Abstract-The paper presents a first effort at exploring a novel area in the domain of asynchronous controllers: specification mining. Rather than synthesizing circuits from specifications, we aim at doing reverse engineering, i.e., discovering safe specifications from the circuits that preserve a set of pre-defined behavioral properties (e.g., hazard freeness). The specifications are discovered without any previous knowledge of the behavior of the circuit environment. This area may open new opportunities for re-synthesis and verification of asynchronous controllers. The effectiveness of the proposed approach is demonstrated by mining concurrent specifications (Signal Transition Graphs) from multiple implementations of 4-phase handshake controllers and some controllers with choice.

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