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9 Thanks to all those contributing to this thread - Im learning a lot. In response to some of the points raised: John Sterman: I appreciate that precedence constraints can be readily handled in an SD context. I have requested the articles mentioned from David Ford, to see if I can understand whether...

OK Jim, heres the challenge: Business Process Management. See http://www.bpmi.org for background. I believe that this whole domain is one in which discrete simulation is the tool of choice. Business processes involve the transmission of messages and responses to those messages - e.g., orders and del...

I think you have a discrete simulation problem, not a dynamic one. The essential difference is that what is flowing in a discrete simulation carries information, which can affect the flow itself. E.g., the size or content of a message. I use Lanner Witness, but there are other less expensive tools -...

Im looking for examples of SD models that deal with the business issues confronting the UKs Royal Mail - i.e., entry into their market of alternative services, maintaining service quality, staff morale and performance, cost and perceived value, regulation. Examples of value added to the postal servi...

I think it would be beneficial if SMILE included both dynamic and discrete simulation. Also, there is an initiative called BPMI (Business Process Modelling Initiative) with a well developed language (BPML) which may be an appropriate foundation for SMILE. Its XML and pi-calculus based. See www.bpmi....