Object-oriented business process modeling and simulation: A discrete event system specification framework

Simulation Practice and Theory

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 533-571

  Nidumolu, Sarma R ^a   Menon, Nirup M ^b   Zeigler, Bernard P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Business process redesign; Business processing modeling; Discrete event simulation; Object oriented simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENGINEERING RESEARCH; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING;

BUSINESS PROCESS REDESIGN; BUSINESS PROCESSING MODELING; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; OBJECT ORIENTED SIMULATION;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION;

BUSINESS PROCESS REDESIGN; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION;

EID: 0032158052     PISSN: 09284869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0928-4869(98)00005-6     Document Type: Article

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