Automatic Model Transformation for Enterprise Simulation

In order to simulate business process models, either an additional mapping schema is developed or the models are translated into other diagrams that can be used as a conceptual model of simulation. However, most existing methods require manual transformation, and they have made troublesome and time consuming when the business process models are complex. Thus, the application of such translation method is limited. In this research, we conducted a Model Driven Framework base transformation to semi-automatically transform DEMO aspect models into DEVS executable model. Contribution of this research could be concluded as: (1) It makes DEMO model “really executable” and becomes more helpful in BPR; (2) It provides a suitable and well supported formalism and semantics for conceptual model for discrete event related enterprise simulation; (3) It helps developer semi-automatically generate a simulation model which provide better support for enterprise simulation development; (4) DEMO based DEVS definition could be implemented in other simulation platform for better practice.