Title :
The application of Petri-nets in object-oriented enterprise simulations
Author :
Peters, Lawrence ; Schultz, Ron
Author_Institution :
Software Consultants Int. Ltd., Kent, WA, USA
Abstract :
The authors discuss experiences of and research into applying Petri net graphs and object-oriented techniques in simulating and modeling enterprise processes. Petri nets have been used with great success in the modeling of concurrent and asynchronous tasks in programming and communications systems. Extending this approach to simulating enterprise processes has significant potential for increasing management´s ability to understand and improve business processes. Extensions to Petri net theory that provide for tracking the genealogy and age of tokens, support for multiple token types, and the prioritizing and sharing of tokens are discussed, with their relationship to enterprise simulations. An object-oriented framework based, in part, on the work of J. Zachman (1987) is utilized in managing the complexity of the enterprise model. Automated tool support for the business design process is also discussed
Keywords :
Petri nets; administrative data processing; digital simulation; object-oriented methods; object-oriented programming; Petri net graphs; Petri net theory; asynchronous tasks; business design; business processes; communications systems; enterprise model; enterprise processes; enterprise simulations; genealogy; multiple token types; object-oriented framework; object-oriented techniques; Application software; Communication systems; Couplings; Object oriented modeling; Organizational aspects; Petri nets; Process design; Resource management; Software engineering; State estimation;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 1993, Proceeding of the Twenty-Sixth Hawaii International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wailea, HI
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-3230-5
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.1993.284212
