Developing a Simulation Model Using a SPEM-Based Process Model and Analytical Models

It is hard to adopt a simulation technology because of the difficulty in developing a simulation model. In order to resolve the difficulty, we consider the following issues: reducing the cost to develop a simulation model, reducing the simulation model complexity, and resolving the lack of historical data. We propose an approach to deriving a simulation model from a descriptive process model and widely adopted analytical models. We provide a method to develop simulation models and a tool environment to support the method. We applied our approach in developing the simulation model for a government project. Our approach resolves the issues by the transformation algorithms, the hierarchical and modularized modeling properties of UML and (Discrete Event System Specification) DEVS, and widely adopted analytical models.