Agent-Based Business Process Simulation

Emilio Sulis is a researcher and adjunct professor at the Department of Computer Science, University of Turin, Italy. He works on data analysis for business process management, applying computational methods to study and simulate organizational processes. He has worked on machine learning experiments combined with natural language processing techniques and social network analysis, in social simulation and social research projects.Kuldar Taveter is a researcher and educator at the Institute of Computer Science of the University of Tartu, Estonia. He has spent 15 years conducting research, consulting and teaching on domain analysis, conceptual modelling and requirements engineering for complex sociotechnical systems, such as decision-support systems based on computational simulations and business process management systems. He has also worked in Australia and Finland and has been a visiting professor and consultant in China, Malaysia and USA.

• Part I: Introduction and Background.- 1. Introducing Agent-Based Simulation for the Business Processes.- 2. The Analysis of Business Processes.- 3. Agents and Organization Studies.- Part II: The Agent-Based Perspective.- 4. Agent-Based Simulation with NetLogo.- 5. Agent-Oriented Modeling.- 6. The Agent-Based Business Process Simulation Approach.- Part III: Agent-Based Modeling for Business Process Management.- 7. Multi-Agent Systems and Business Process Management.- 8. Practical Applications.- 9. Beyond Process Simulation.