Location
Level 0, Open Space, Owen G. Glenn Building
Start Date
12-15-2014
Description
We report on a simple method for detecting changes in repetitive patterns of action. The method involves computing the correlation of action networks before and after a focal date that is moved through an event log that represents the history of a process. Unlike process mining methods that focus on identifying an accurate model of a process at one point in time, we use a simplified model of the process to detect changes over time. The method can be used to objectively identify the date on which a process change occurred and also the relative magnitude of the change. We demonstrate the method with longitudinal data from two different organizations.
Recommended Citation
Pentland, Brian; Haerem, Thorvald; and Khaledi, Hamed, "Using Action Networks to Detect Change in Repetitive Patterns of Action" (2014). ICIS 2014 Proceedings. 1.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2014/proceedings/ResearchMethods/1
Using Action Networks to Detect Change in Repetitive Patterns of Action
Level 0, Open Space, Owen G. Glenn Building
We report on a simple method for detecting changes in repetitive patterns of action. The method involves computing the correlation of action networks before and after a focal date that is moved through an event log that represents the history of a process. Unlike process mining methods that focus on identifying an accurate model of a process at one point in time, we use a simplified model of the process to detect changes over time. The method can be used to objectively identify the date on which a process change occurred and also the relative magnitude of the change. We demonstrate the method with longitudinal data from two different organizations.