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.
Author details: | 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 |
Title of parent work (English): | Business Process Management Workshops (BPM 2017) |
Publisher: | Springer |
Place of publishing: | Berlin |
Publication type: | Other |
Language: | English |
Date of first publication: | 2018/01/17 |
Publication year: | 2018 |
Release date: | 2022/03/28 |
Tag: | BPMN; Business process simulation; Extensibility |
Volume: | 308 |
Number of pages: | 14 |
First page: | 782 |
Last Page: | 795 |
Organizational units: | Digital Engineering Fakultät / Hasso-Plattner-Institut für Digital Engineering GmbH |
DDC classification: | 0 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke / 00 Informatik, Wissen, Systeme / 000 Informatik, Informationswissenschaft, allgemeine Werke |
Peer review: | Referiert |