Tutorial: information and process modeling for simulation

Abstract

Like a system model in Information Systems and Software Engineering (IS/SE), a system model in simulation engineering mainly consists of an information model and a process model. In the fields of IS/SE there are widely used standards such as the Class Diagrams of the Unified Modeling Language (UML) for making information models, and the Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) for making process models. This tutorial shows how to use UML class diagrams and BPMN process models at all three levels of model-driven simulation engineering: for making conceptual simulation models, for making platform-independent simulation design models, and for making platform-specific, executable simulation models.