Automatic Construction of Agent-based Simulation Using Business Process Diagrams and Ontology-based Models
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Donghun Kang, Zhenchao C. Bing, Wen Song, Zehong Hu, Shuo Chen, Jie Zhang, Hui XiAuthors Info & Claims
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Abstract
In this paper, we present a tool for the business users to analyze different business scenarios using business process diagrams and ontology-based models. The business scenarios involve different types of entities where the business process diagrams are suitable for describing entities' behaviors. The ontology-based model is proposed to capture entities' attributes and their relations in a hierarchical manner. The tool can automatically construct agent-based simulation models, which can be executed instantly on the agent-based simulation engine without the help of software developers.
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- Kate Larson,
- Michael Winikoff,
- Program Chairs:
- Sanmay Das,
- Edmund Durfee
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Published: 08 May 2017
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AAMAS '17 Paper Acceptance Rate 127 of 457 submissions, 28%;
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