Modelling, Simulation, and Performance Analysis of Business Processes Involving Ubiquitous Systems

Spieß, Patrik; Nguyen, Dinh Khoa; Weber, Ingo; Marković, Ivan; Beigl, Michael

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-69534-9_44

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“…Finally, it is interesting to indicate a recent seminal work (Spieß et al, 2008) whose goal is to evaluate the performance of an executable process description modeled with an extension of BPEL (Business Process Execution Language) proposed to take into account situations where some services are offered by devices in a ubiquitous environment. A straightforward simulation approach is proposed, where the devices are replaced with a web application server that introduces ''virtual costs'' for service invocations.…”

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A system based on mobile agents to test mobile computing applications

Ilarri

Mena

Illarramendi

2009

Journal of Network and Computer Applications

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Section: Article In Pressmentioning

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A system based on mobile agents to test mobile computing applications

Ilarri

Mena

Illarramendi

2009

Journal of Network and Computer Applications

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“…During these simulations we let the employees record what they were doing. Based on the summation of information about process instances and environmental conditions, our simulation engine was able to sum up the costs [32,3]. After this, we calculated key performance indicators which express the economic situation of the development process during the simulation.…”

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Economic Output Under the Conditions of Social Freedom in Software Development

Kuhlen¹,

Speck²

2016

IJSEA

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Software developers organize their work autonomously. Agile development approaches give freedom to developers. However, the discussion about economy often leads to the comparison with manufacturing processes which are tightly organised. If developers spend too much time on inefficient activities, the performance might decrease. The worst example could be breaks. Breaks could be seen as a reason for economic problems by the management. This paper investigates the impact of breaks on the overall performance in software development. The investigations assume that if developers make pauses in a normal manner, this has not a negative impact on the profitability. In practice, the human-centric development process brings together a business process and a social process. The interaction of both processes was simulated. Due to the execution of 1.500 simulations, we obtained information on the economic progression of the development process under the influence of breaks. We determined the impact of breaks on the overall profitability. This investigation contributes to the discussion of freedom in software development. It helps managers to assess if employees who make breaks harm the profitability. This could lead to the implementation of further business constraints.

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“…• cost indicator, which means that figures show the value of the cost of resources used in the business process and profit earned on the sales of products that are manufactured in this process, (Spieß, Nguyen, Weber, Markovic & Beigl, 2008). Indicators of this group are considered to be the most important because they directly reflect the efficiency of business processes in the terms of value.…”

Section: The System Of Indicators To Measure the Efficiency Of Businementioning

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Theoretical Approaches to Assess Efficiency of the Transformation of the Key Business Processes in the Publishing and Printing Activities in the Region

Bazyliuk¹

2016

BJES

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The purpose of the paper is the theoretical study and the analysis of the basic methodological approaches to assess the effectiveness of the transformation of key business processes in the PPA (publishing and printing activity) in the region in order to choose the best option. Methodology. The overview of the main assessment methods of the effectiveness of business processes: EVA (Economic value added); ABC (Activity-based costing); Tableau of bord and BSC (Balanced Scorecard) is provided. In order to ensure the formalization of the intergrated assessment of the effectiveness of the business process in the publishing and printing activities in the region it is suggested to apply to the methodological apparatus of the fuzzy sets. Statistical analysis, comparison and synthesis are necessary to study the efficiency of the transformation of the key business processes in the PPA in the region. Results. The review and analysis of the most common methods for evaluating the effectiveness of the transformation of key business processes were conducted; the basic advantages and disadvantages of each of the proposed methods in the light of PPA were studied. It was proved that a single business process involves the use of a scorecard that is specific and peculiar for it only whereas completeness of its analysis depends on the kind of the business process: basic, developmental, managing or providing one. The approach to the formalization of the integrated assememnt of the effectiveness of business process in PPA in the region, based on the theory of fuzzy sets was formulated. Practical significance. The mathematical formulation of the problem, an integrated assessment of the efficiency of the business process for each of the possible options for its implementation was developed, and the algorithm of assessing the effectiveness of the business process in the PPA in the region was generated by the apparatus of fuzzy sets. Value/originality. Implementing the proposed approach allows to formalize and numerically evaluate the effectiveness of each of the options of the transformed business processes.

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Modelling, Simulation, and Performance Analysis of Business Processes Involving Ubiquitous Systems

Cited by 6 publications

References 3 publications

A system based on mobile agents to test mobile computing applications

A system based on mobile agents to test mobile computing applications

Economic Output Under the Conditions of Social Freedom in Software Development

Theoretical Approaches to Assess Efficiency of the Transformation of the Key Business Processes in the Publishing and Printing Activities in the Region

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