Acta Oeconomica Pragensia 2009, 17(6):27-36 | DOI: 10.18267/j.aop.286

Application of Simulation in Analysing Business Processes

Martin Dlouhý, Josef Jablonský
Vysoká škola ekonomická v Praze, Fakulta informatiky a statistiky (dlouhy@vse.cz; jablon@vse.cz).

Business processes take place in an environment of complex systems that consist of many interrelated elements with stochastic and dynamic characteristics. Simulation and management methods were developed to cope with such complexity. Simulation and management methods are interdependent disciplines that were developed relatively separately, but we argue that simulation can serve as a tool for implementation of specific management methods, and at the same time, simulation and operational research represent the methodological foundation for many modern management methods.

Keywords: Simulation, Business Process Modelling, Management, Six Sigma
JEL classification: C02, M00

Published: October 1, 2009  Show citation

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