Can BPMN Be Used for Making Simulation Models?

We investigate the question if BPMN can be used for simulation modeling by evaluating it against ABDESO, a foundational ontology for agent-based discrete event simulation. Since a simulation model is intended to capture a real-world system, BPMN, if used as the modeling language for making the simulation model, should have a “real-world semantics” based on a founda tional ontology for agent-based discrete event simulation.

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