TimeFlows: Visualizing Process Chronologies from Vast Collections of Heterogeneous Information Objects

Max Lonysa Muller; Erik Saaman; Jan Martijn E.M. van der Werf; Charles Jeurgens; Hajo A. Reijers

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-59465-6_13

TimeFlows: Visualizing Process Chronologies from Vast Collections of Heterogeneous Information Objects

Max Lonysa Muller^*, Erik Saaman, Jan Martijn E.M. van der Werf, Charles Jeurgens, Hajo A. Reijers

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

In many fact-finding investigations, notably parliamentary inquiries, process chronologies are created to reconstruct how a controversial policy or decision came into existence. Current approaches, like timelines, lack the expressiveness to represent the variety of relations in which historic events may link to the overall chronology. This obfuscates the nature of the interdependence among the events, and the texts from which they are distilled. Based on explorative interviews with expert analysts, we propose an extended, rich set of relationships. We describe how these can be visualized as TimeFlows. We provide an example of such a visualization by illustrating the Childcare Benefits Scandal – an affair that deeply affected Dutch politics in recent years. This work extends the scope of existing process discovery research into the direction of unveiling non-repetitive processes from unstructured information objects.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Research Challenges in Information Science
Subtitle of host publication	18th International Conference, RCIS 2024, Guimarães, Portugal, May 14–17, 2024, Proceedings, Part I
Editors	João Araújo, Jose Luis de la Vara, Maribel Yasmina Santos, Saïd Assar
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Pages	203-219
Number of pages	17
Edition	1
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-59465-6
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-59464-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59465-6_13
Publication status	Published - 2 May 2024
Event	18th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, RCIS 2024 - Guimarães, Portugal Duration: 14 May 2024 → 17 May 2024

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Publisher	Springer
Volume	513
ISSN (Print)	1865-1348
ISSN (Electronic)	1865-1356

Conference

Conference	18th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, RCIS 2024
Country/Territory	Portugal
City	Guimarães
Period	14/05/24 → 17/05/24

Bibliographical note

Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2024.

Keywords

Parliamentary Inquiry
Process Chronology
TimeFlow
Timeline

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Muller, M. L., Saaman, E., van der Werf, J. M. E. M., Jeurgens, C., & Reijers, H. A. (2024). TimeFlows: Visualizing Process Chronologies from Vast Collections of Heterogeneous Information Objects. In J. Araújo, J. L. de la Vara, M. Y. Santos, & S. Assar (Eds.), Research Challenges in Information Science: 18th International Conference, RCIS 2024, Guimarães, Portugal, May 14–17, 2024, Proceedings, Part I (1 ed., pp. 203-219). (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 513). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59465-6_13

Muller, Max Lonysa ; Saaman, Erik ; van der Werf, Jan Martijn E.M. et al. / TimeFlows : Visualizing Process Chronologies from Vast Collections of Heterogeneous Information Objects. Research Challenges in Information Science: 18th International Conference, RCIS 2024, Guimarães, Portugal, May 14–17, 2024, Proceedings, Part I. editor / João Araújo ; Jose Luis de la Vara ; Maribel Yasmina Santos ; Saïd Assar. 1. ed. Cham : Springer, 2024. pp. 203-219 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing).

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Muller, ML, Saaman, E, van der Werf, JMEM, Jeurgens, C & Reijers, HA 2024, TimeFlows: Visualizing Process Chronologies from Vast Collections of Heterogeneous Information Objects. in J Araújo, JL de la Vara, MY Santos & S Assar (eds), Research Challenges in Information Science: 18th International Conference, RCIS 2024, Guimarães, Portugal, May 14–17, 2024, Proceedings, Part I. 1 edn, Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol. 513, Springer, Cham, pp. 203-219, 18th International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, RCIS 2024, Guimarães, Portugal, 14/05/24. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59465-6_13

TimeFlows: Visualizing Process Chronologies from Vast Collections of Heterogeneous Information Objects. / Muller, Max Lonysa; Saaman, Erik; van der Werf, Jan Martijn E.M. et al.
Research Challenges in Information Science: 18th International Conference, RCIS 2024, Guimarães, Portugal, May 14–17, 2024, Proceedings, Part I. ed. / João Araújo; Jose Luis de la Vara; Maribel Yasmina Santos; Saïd Assar. 1. ed. Cham: Springer, 2024. p. 203-219 (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing; Vol. 513).

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