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Modeling of Business Processes and Crisis Management

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Synonyms

Mathematical modeling; Simulation modeling

Glossary

Business model:

A description of the mechanisms by which an organization creates and captures economic value

Business process:

A collection of activities or tasks that allow an organization to transform inputs into outputs (e.g., products or services)

Mathematical and simulation modeling:

The process of describing essential characteristics of a system using mathematical concepts and language

Operations research:

A discipline concerned with the application of advanced mathematical methods to improve decision-making

System dynamics:

A discipline concerned with understanding the behavior of complex systems and developing policies that can improve it

Definition

Modeling a business or a managerial process refers to the practice of developing a graphical, mathematical, or simulation model of the key processes in an organization. The main purpose of developing a business model can range from mapping the existing processes to...

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  1. Faculty of Economics, Institute of Management, Università della Svizzera Italiana (USI), Lugano, Switzerland

    Paulo Gonçalves

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Reda Alhajj

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada

    Jon Rokne

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  1. Department of Sociology, Interuniversity Center for Social Science Theory and Methodology, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

    Jacob Dijkstra

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Gonçalves, P. (2018). Modeling of Business Processes and Crisis Management. In: Alhajj, R., Rokne, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Social Network Analysis and Mining. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7131-2_275

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