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Method and an apparatus for clustering process models

US8180627B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Siemens Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Andreas Bögl · Linz, AT
Mathias Goller · Pfarrkirchen, DE
Alexandra Grömer · Santiago, CL
Gustav Pomberger · Linz, AT
Norbert Weber · Pocking, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 2, 2008
Grant date	May 15, 2012
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Mar 15, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F16/355
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to an apparatus for clustering process models each consisting of model elements comprising a text phrase which describes in a natural language a process activity according to a process modeling language grammar and a natural language grammar, wherein said apparatus comprises a process object ontology memory for storing a process object ontology, a distance calculation unit for calculating a distance matrix employing said processing modeling language grammar and said natural language grammar, wherein said distance matrix consists of distances each indicating a dissimilarity of a pair of said process models, and a clustering unit which partitions said process models into a set of clusters based on said calculated distance matrix.

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