Business process modelling using discrete-event simulation: current opportunities and future challenges

International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 72-81

  Hlupic, Vlatka ^a   de Vreede, Gert Jan ^b,c  

^a BRUNEL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

^c DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

business process modelling; examples of business process simulation; simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247147010     PISSN: 17402123     EISSN: 17402131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijspm.2005.007115     Document Type: Article

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