Nirdizati: an advanced predictive process monitoring toolkit

Abstract

Predictive Process Monitoring (PPM) is a field of Process Mining that aims at predicting how an ongoing execution of a business process will develop in the future using past process executions recorded in event logs. The recent stream of publications in this field shows the need for tools able to support researchers and users in comparing and selecting the techniques that are the most suitable for them. In this paper, we present Nirdizati , a dedicated tool for supporting users in building, comparing and explaining the PPM models that can then be used to perform predictions on the future of an ongoing case. Nirdizati has been constructed by carefully considering the necessary capabilities of a PPM tool and by implementing them in a client-server architecture able to support modularity and scalability. The features of Nirdizati support researchers and practitioners within the entire pipeline for constructing reliable PPM models. The assessment using reactive design patterns and load tests provides an evaluation of the interaction among the architectural elements, and of the scalability with multiple users accessing the prototype in a concurrent manner, respectively. By providing a rich set of different state-of-the-art approaches, Nirdizati offers to Process Mining researchers and practitioners a useful and flexible instrument for comparing and selecting PPM techniques.