MuDePS: Multi-perspective Declarative Process Simulation

Business process simulation supports the improvement and analysis of business process models. Especially log generation features gain more and more attractivity, for instance, because of their applications in the evaluation of process mining techniques. Additionally, cognitive science has shown that examples promote the comprehension of abstract models. This is important especially for declarative modeling languages, which are able to cope with highly flexible processes while mostly being less intelligible than imperative counterparts. Since most of the available process simulation tools are tailored to imperative languages they are not suitable in declarative contexts. The tool presented in this paper is able to simulate declarative, multi-perspective process models. It builds on DPIL, a declarative process modeling language. DPIL models can be created and compiled to a simulation model using the DPIL Modeler. MuDePS, a second component, is able to generate event logs that conform to the original DPIL model. Each generated log is able to describe an exhaustive, distinct set of valid process execution traces of a desired length.