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TY - JOUR
T1 - A BPMN extension to support discrete-event simulation for healthcare applications
T2 - an explicit representation of queues, attributes and data-driven decision points
AU - Onggo, Bhakti Satyabuhdi Stephan
AU - Proudlove, Nathan
AU - D'Ambrogio, Andrea
AU - Calabrese, Armando
AU - Bisogno, Stefania
N1 - The final publication is available at Springer via http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/s41274-017-0267-7
PY - 2018/5
Y1 - 2018/5
N2 - Stakeholder engagement in simulation projects is important, especially in healthcare where there is a plurality of stakeholder opinions, objectives and power. One promising approach for increasing engagement is facilitated modelling. Currently, the complexity of producing a simulation model means that the ‘model coding’ stage is performed without the involvement of stakeholders, interrupting the possibility of a fully-facilitated project. Early work demonstrated that with currently-available software tools we can represent a simple healthcare process using Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) and generate a simulation model automatically. However, for more complex processes, BPMN currently has a number of limitations, namely the ability to represent queues and data-driven decision points. To address these limitations, we propose a conceptual design for an extension to BPMN (BPMN4SIM) using Model Driven Architecture. Application to an elderly emergency care pathway in a UK hospital shows that BPMN4SIM is able to represent a more-complex business process.
AB - Stakeholder engagement in simulation projects is important, especially in healthcare where there is a plurality of stakeholder opinions, objectives and power. One promising approach for increasing engagement is facilitated modelling. Currently, the complexity of producing a simulation model means that the ‘model coding’ stage is performed without the involvement of stakeholders, interrupting the possibility of a fully-facilitated project. Early work demonstrated that with currently-available software tools we can represent a simple healthcare process using Business Process Model and Notation (BPMN) and generate a simulation model automatically. However, for more complex processes, BPMN currently has a number of limitations, namely the ability to represent queues and data-driven decision points. To address these limitations, we propose a conceptual design for an extension to BPMN (BPMN4SIM) using Model Driven Architecture. Application to an elderly emergency care pathway in a UK hospital shows that BPMN4SIM is able to represent a more-complex business process.
KW - discrete-event simulation
KW - facilitated modelling
KW - healthcare
KW - BPMN
KW - model-driven architecture
U2 - 10.1057/s41274-017-0267-7
DO - 10.1057/s41274-017-0267-7
M3 - Journal article
VL - 69
SP - 788
EP - 802
JO - Journal of the Operational Research Society
JF - Journal of the Operational Research Society
SN - 0160-5682
IS - 5
ER -