Load-related completion time estimation for business process instances
Zuoxian Nie · Computer Integrated Manufacturing Systems · 2011
To estimate completion time under specific load and dynamic load for business process instances in tandem service system,an approach based on Monte Carlo simulation was proposed.Infeasibility of solving the problem by mathematical analysis was demonstrated,and a Monte Carlo simulation system structure for tandem queue network was given according to the problem feature.Tandem queue network simulation software was designed to compute completion time for business process instances under specific load.Simulation results showed that Monte Carlo simulation could approximate completion time of business process instances rapidly.