Simulation-Based Evaluation of Adaptive Applications

2013
Jānis Grabis, Inese Šūpulniece

Enterprise applications are used to execute business processes. Users usually have some degree of freedom to select a process execution variant most suited for her/his needs. This chapter develops a simulation model for representing adaptive enterprise applications, where adaptation is aimed at discovering the most efficient ways for business process execution. The simulation model uses process execution productivity as the adaptation criterion. The results obtained show that adaptation allows users to identify the most productive ways for process execution and that the most appropriate process execution configuration depends upon process characteristics. The simulation model is to be used to evaluate alternative solutions for improving productivity of enterprise applications.

Keywords
Database Management; Information Storage and Retrieval; Business Information Systems; Computer Science, general; Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4614-4951-5_28
Hyperlink
http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-1-4614-4951-5_28

Grabis, J., Šūpulniece, I. Simulation-Based Evaluation of Adaptive Applications. In: Information Systems Development: Reflections, Challenges and New Directions. New York: Springer, 2013. pp.345-355. ISBN 9781461449508.

Publication language
English (en)