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Resource count

\mathit{R}(c)

Dimension:

Cost

Granularity:

Case

Number of resources that are involved in the execution of a case.

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

Minimizing the number of resources involved is desirable.

MINIMIZE

case
res

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

$\mathit{res}(c)$ returns the set of resources used in case $c$ .

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

This indicator is implemented in the process_performance_indicators Python library.

process_performance_indicators.indicators.cost.cases.resource_count