Discovery and Evaluation of Fixed Capital Facility Processes Based on Process Mining Approach: A Case Study of the Bank Loan Acceptance Process in Iran

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1 Department of Management, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran.

2 Department of Computer Engineering, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran.

3 Department of Knowledge and Information Science, Hamedan Branch, Islamic Azad University, Hamedan, Iran.

4 Department of Industrial Engineering, Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran.

Abstract

Fixed capital facility processes have many steps, control points, and approvals with long durations. In this regard, banks with more awareness and knowledge by analyzing and evaluating their processes can do better than their competitors in improving them and providing customer service. To tackle this challenge, process mining is one of the effective and efficient methods for analyzing processes, i.e., discovering and evaluating their quality. This paper aims to find and evaluate the model of the fixed capital facilities acceptance process based on the mentioned method. The proposed six-step method includes event logs preparation, process model discovery, evaluation and compliance checking, results analysis, analysis based on the fuzzy method, and comparison of results. The discovered process model is evaluated based on the quality dimensions of the process model, namely precision, fitness, simplicity, and generalization. Also, the results obtained from different methods are compared with each other. In addition to the discovery of the process model, one of the results was the heuristic algorithm having the best performance in terms of the mentioned criteria, with a value of 0.833. Particularly, it excelled in precision with a value of 0.656. The genetic algorithm, with a value of 0.946, exhibited the best fitness performance. Another result is the superior performance of the fuzzy technique compared to other methods. Furthermore, bottlenecks, activities with the highest repetition in a case, and branches and users with the most significant role in the process were identified.

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Modeling and Simulation in Electrical and Electronics Engineering
Volume 3, Issue 4 - Serial Number 14
February 2024
Pages 31-41

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  • Receive Date: 17 September 2024
  • Revise Date: 18 November 2024
  • Accept Date: 04 February 2025

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