Situation-aware explainability for artificial intelligence-enabled, process-aware systems using complex event processing

A system, comprising:

• A processor configured to initiate operations including:
• inputting into a complex event processing (CEP) engine at least one predetermined event pattern specification and a sequence of events, wherein the sequence of events is generated, at least in part, by a process execution engine executing a predetermined process in real time;
• generating, using the CEP engine in response to the inputting, an enriched event log, wherein the enriched event log includes the sequence of events and additionally includes one or more situational events derived by the CEP, and wherein the one or more situational events are derived by the CEP engine based on the at least one predetermined event pattern specification;
• determining, using an artificial intelligence (AI) explainability tool with input of the enriched event log, a hypothesis-oriented, situationally aware explanation for an outcome of the predetermined process;
• and,
• outputting, using computer hardware, the hypothesis-oriented, situationally aware explanation.

A computer program product, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more computer-readable storage media and program instructions collectively stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to initiate operations including:
• inputting into a complex event processing (CEP) engine at least one predetermined event pattern specification and a sequence of events, wherein the sequence of events is generated, at least in part, by a process execution engine executing a predetermined process in real time;
• generating, using the CEP engine in response to the inputting, an enriched event log, wherein the enriched event log includes the sequence of events and additionally includes one or more situational events derived by the CEP, and wherein the one or more situational events are derived by the CEP engine based on the at least one predetermined event pattern specification;
• determining, using an artificial intelligence (AI) explainability tool with input of the enriched event log, a hypothesis-oriented, situationally aware explanation for an outcome of the predetermined process;
• and,
• outputting, using computer hardware, the hypothesis-oriented, situationally aware explanation.