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Resource count

\mathit{R}(a)

Dimension:

Cost

Granularity:

Activity

Number of resources that are involved in the execution of an activity in the event log.

If the event log does not contain cost information, Resource count can be used as a proxy for the cost performance of an activity.

Minimizing the number of resources involved is desirable.

MINIMIZE

act
res

$\mathit{count}(\mathit{res}(a))$

$\mathit{res}(a)$ returns the set of resources used for activity $a$ in the event log.

$|\mathit{res}(a)|$

This indicator is implemented in the process_performance_indicators Python library.

process_performance_indicators.indicators.cost.activities.resource_count