JBPM & Simulation

[swatis]

Can we put simulation information in process definition xml file? Can we run this simulation and generate the reports?

[kukeltje]

I assume you are familiar with http://www.camunda.com/jbpm_simulation/jbpm_simulation_tutorial.html

[swatis]

Yes Ronald

[kukeltje]

But that article does answer your questions afaict

[swatis]

The information I want is to put simulation data on process and then run this simulation using GPD. Create scenarios for the same. Get the result of the simulation for further analysis.

[kukeltje]

Absence of 'proof' is not always proof of absence but in this case it is
- The GPD does not play any role in this (it is not mentioned anywhere in the simulation docs)
- The simulationdata is in a separate file (so it is not IN the process)

So imo your questions are answered. If you need more info don't hesitate to ask

[kukeltje]

Ofcourse things could be changed (putting the simulation data in the same file) but that requires time and effort.

[swatis]

Thanks Ronald. In process definition we can mention duedate, this information can be used to run the simulation. But there is seperate file created to put simulation factors for the process. I agree GPD plays no role in this and in docs also no where mentioned it does. I might be wrong about this but one factor is missing in the simulation is that we can configure probablity, distribution, number of people and so on but not "Number of process instances running simultaneously" factor.

[kukeltje]

Great, now we are getting somewhere :-D.

Yes you can

<distribution name="ReturnDefectiveGoods.ReturnDefectiveGoods"
 sample-type="real" type="erlang" mean="94.3247" standardDeviation="52.8106"/>

does this and is referred to from

<sim-process path="/ReturnDefectiveGoods/processdefinition.xml">
 <process-overwrite
 start-distribution="ReturnDefectiveGoods.ReturnDefectiveGoods"/>

A little further on in the example. But I only tried this once so not 100% sure

[swatis]

Sorry Ronald I didn't get it. :(...

[kukeltje]

You said you knew the tutorial.Look at the example there... If you do not see how how the start-distribution on the process-overwrite attribute points to the name attribute on the distribution element which in turn has a mean and std, I'm not able to help any further.

[swatis]

Got it. Thanks

[kukeltje]

You are welcome, and good luck. Please let us now the results of your experiences with simulation. Many will be interested, at least I am (did not find enough time to experiment more with this)

[swatis]

Sure Ronald. :)