Conformance Checking

Conformance checking assesses how well observed process executions (event logs) align with a predefined process model, aiming to identify deviations and improve process efficiency. Current research emphasizes handling increasingly complex scenarios, including uncertain or probabilistic event data, extremely long traces, and object-centric processes, often employing techniques like alignment-based methods, SMT encodings, and sliding window approaches for scalability. These advancements are crucial for applying process mining in diverse fields like healthcare and manufacturing, enabling data-driven process optimization and improved quality control.