Question about the code of EvolutionaryTreeMiner

syjing628

Hey all, I am studying the code of ETM recently. I find that some guided mutation operators are diabled in the package "EvolutionaryTreeMiner", such as MutateOperatorTypeGuided, MutateLeafClassGuided, etc. I am confused that whether or not I should apply these operations in the ETM algorithm? Regards. Si-Yuan Jing

JBuijs

Hi Si-Yuan,

Great to read that you're looking into the ETM and the guided mutators.

It's  been a while for me (6 years) since I looked into the code so I'm a bit rusty. But if I recall correctly the code was either buggy/not working and/or had no positive effect in the ETM.

You might find some more hints in my PhD thesis. And possibly the master thesis of Maikel van Eck.

Please keep me updated if you're working on improving/extending the ETM, I see great potential there still.

syjing628

Hi Joos, Thank you for your reply. ETM is a powerful tool and it shows great potential for process mining. There is another problem confused me. The algorithm outputs a very complex petri net when I convert a process tree to a petri net. I find that the class which is used to convert a process tree to a petri net is deprecated. Is there any bugs with the algorithm. Regards. Si-Yuan Jing

JBuijs

Hi Si-Yuan,

It could be that in the past 6 years the process tree to petri net class became depricated and was replaced with a better/improved version, I do not know. I do recall however that the translations from process tree to Petri net indeed creates overly complex Petri nets, but apply reduction rules you should be able to reduce it properly.

If I recall correctly Eric Verbeek and/or Sander Leemans might have plug-ins for this in ProM, maybe search for this?

Good luck!

hverbeek

Hi Si-Yuan,

Yes, you can use the "Reduce Silent Transitions, Preserve Behavio" to reduce as much of the silent (black) transitions as possible. Better not to use the toehr reduction plugins, as they may change the behavior (the set of accepted traces).

Kind regards,

Eric.

syjing628

Hi Joos and Eric, Thanks for your response. It helps me a lot. Best regards, Si-Yuan Jing