Estimation of the Time to Execute A Hypermedia Scenario Using Petri Net

This paper proposes a method to estimate the time to execute a hypermedia scenario. The method builds a PNDT(Petri Net with probability Distribution Table) model for the flow of the scenario, then performs Monte Carlo Simulation on the PNDT model to estimate the duration time from the start to the end of the scenario. The estimated times to execute scenarios are useful to both information providers and users. A user can make a better time plan referring to them, and an information provider can make the most efficient scenario-presentation schedule for users referring to them. However, no research results regarding this subject have been reported yet.