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Using Fact-Based Modeling for Business Simulation

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Enterprise and Organizational Modeling and Simulation (EOMAS 2010)

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Fact-Based Modeling (FBM) is a conceptual modeling language that can be used for requirements determination for business application systems. In this article we will show how the Fact-based Modeling methodology for requirements determination can be extended to serve as a blueprint for business simulation by providing an initial model for creating a business simulation. We will do this by defining the content of the communication documents for runtime management and we will subsequently show how this meta-UoD can be incorporated into an application UoD. This allows us to capitalize on conceptual models in a business that have been created for requirements determination by extending them with the conceptual model of runtime management. Subsequently, we will incorporate the simulation requirements into the latter UoD and we will give guidelines on how conceptual models for the ‘real-life’ runtime application can serve as a starting point for the conceptual sub-models for the simulation UoD.

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  1. School of Business and Economics, Maastricht University, Tongersestraat 53, 6200MD, Maastricht, The Netherlands

    Peter Bollen

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    Joseph Barjis

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Bollen, P. (2010). Using Fact-Based Modeling for Business Simulation. In: Barjis, J. (eds) Enterprise and Organizational Modeling and Simulation. EOMAS 2010. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 63. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15723-3_5

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