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The aim of this tool paper is twofold: First we show that VipTool [9,2] can now synthesize Petri nets from partially ordered runs. To integrate this extension and further new functionalities, we changed the architecture of VipTool to a flexible plug-in technology. Second we explain how VipTool including the synthesis feature can be used for a stepwise and iterative formalization and validation procedure for business process Petri net models. The synthesis functionalities fill a gap in a previously defined procedure [9,7] where the first definition of an initial process model had to be done ”by hand”, i.e. without any tool support.
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Bergenthum, R., Desel, J., Lorenz, R., Mauser, S. (2008). Synthesis of Petri Nets from Scenarios with VipTool. In: van Hee, K.M., Valk, R. (eds) Applications and Theory of Petri Nets. PETRI NETS 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5062. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-68746-7_25
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