Process framework extracting and process recommendation based on BPD similarity clustering

Process frameworks contain the main logic of business. Frameworks extracting and filling can formulate a new process efficiently and accurately. Aiming at the construction guidance of new business processes with framework, a direct-viewing solution based on the similarity analysis of process diagrams is proposed. In this solution, the process diagrams are abstracted into process trees to get process sequences and then the similarity is calculated out of process skeletons and process entities, thus the processes which are similar both in structure and function can be found. The process trees and process sequences refer to simple data structures that are easy to analyse and enhance process comprehensibility. In addition, similarity measurement from both the skeletons and the entities can control process analysis from the overall situation and avoid information omission and deviation. Meanwhile, general process frameworks are extracted out for reference by clustering the processes through improving similarity cluster algorithm, and the instructive recommendation to the processes under construction can be given according to the existing processes. Based on this solution, economic expenditure can be reduced to a large extent and existing resources can be reused.