V(g)\mathit{V}(g)
Dimension:
Flexibility
Granularity:
Group of cases

Description

Number of variants that are observed in a group of cases.

Potential use

Process with several possible execution variants.

Assumptions

A greater number of variants implies greater flexibility.

Desired Value:

MAXIMIZE

Required attributes

act
actinst
case
type

Equations

Formula for practitioners

count(variants(g))\mathit{count}(\mathit{variants}(g))

variants(g)\mathit{variants}(g) returns the set of unique traces (variants) present in group gg.

Formal Definition

variants(g)|\mathit{variants}(g)|

Tags

act
actinst
case
type

Python implementation

This indicator is implemented in the process_performance_indicators Python library.

process_performance_indicators.indicators.flexibility.groups.variant_count