Naslov
Simulating BPMN Models with Prolog

Autori
Andročec, Darko

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u zbornicima skupova, cjeloviti rad (in extenso), znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceedings of the 21st Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems / Aurer, Boris ; Bača, Miroslav ; Schatten, Markus - Varaždin : Fakultet organizacije i informatike Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, 2010, 363-369

Skup
21st Central European Conference on Information and Intelligent Systems

Mjesto i datum
Varaždin, Hrvatska, 22.09.2010. - 24.09.2010

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
logic programming; business process; simulation; BPMN; Prolog

Sažetak
A business process simulation is used to assess the cost and time of running a process and to identify potential problems with resources. This article presents how Business Process Management Notation (BPMN) models can be reviewed before simulation execution and consequently simulated using logic programming. It also shows the description of a business process model and its properties (semantic correctness and modeling style) in Prolog. For this purpose, a BPMN model of the e-payment process is shown, described and simulated by means of Prolog and a commercial business process modeling tool. Using this specific model we demonstrate how the same simulation results in terms of the total cost of process execution are obtained either with logic programming or specialized commercial tools like IBM WebSphere Business Modeler. However, using Prolog for BPMN simulation has benefits, as buying expensive commercial software is not required, while a complete control over the simulation execution is maintained.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Informacijske i komunikacijske znanosti

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