Design of an extensible BPMN process simulator
- Business process simulation is an important means for quantitative analysis of a business process and to compare different process alternatives. With the Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) being the state-of-the-art language for the graphical representation of business processes, many existing process simulators support already the simulation of BPMN diagrams. However, they do not provide well-defined interfaces to integrate new concepts in the simulation environment. In this work, we present the design and architecture of a proof-of-concept implementation of an open and extensible BPMN process simulator. It also supports the simulation of multiple BPMN processes at a time and relies on the building blocks of the well-founded discrete event simulation. The extensibility is assured by a plug-in concept. Its feasibility is demonstrated by extensions supporting new BPMN concepts, such as the simulation of business rule activities referencing decision models and batch activities.
Verfasserangaben: | Luise PufahlORCiDGND, Tsun Yin Wong, Mathias WeskeORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74030-0_62 |
ISBN: | 978-3-319-74030-0 |
ISBN: | 978-3-319-74029-4 |
ISSN: | 1865-1348 |
Titel des übergeordneten Werks (Englisch): | Business Process Management Workshops (BPM 2017) |
Verlag: | Springer |
Verlagsort: | Berlin |
Publikationstyp: | Sonstiges |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Datum der Erstveröffentlichung: | 17.01.2018 |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2018 |
Datum der Freischaltung: | 28.03.2022 |
Freies Schlagwort / Tag: | BPMN; Business process simulation; Extensibility |
Band: | 308 |
Seitenanzahl: | 14 |
Erste Seite: | 782 |
Letzte Seite: | 795 |
Organisationseinheiten: | Digital Engineering Fakultät / Hasso-Plattner-Institut für Digital Engineering GmbH |
DDC-Klassifikation: | 0 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke / 00 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme / 000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke |
Peer Review: | Referiert |