Automatic Construction of Agent-based Simulation Using Business Process Diagrams and Ontology-based Models

In this paper, we present a tool for the business users to analyze different business scenarios using business process diagrams and ontology-based models. The business scenarios involve different types of entities where the business process diagrams are suitable for describing entities' behaviors. The ontology-based model is proposed to capture entities' attributes and their relations in a hierarchical manner. The tool can automatically construct agent-based simulation models, which can be executed instantly on the agent-based simulation engine without the help of software developers.