The usage of workflows to standardize processes, as well as to increase their efficiency and the quality of the results is a common technique. So far it has only been rarely applied in modeling and simulation. Herein we argue for employing this technique for the creation of various products in modeling and simulation. This includes the creation of models, simulations, modeling languages, and mo...

So far there have been several efforts for developing software process simulators. However, the approaches for developing the simulators seem to have been adhoc and no systematic methodology exists. Since modeling and simulation in support of software development should become more popular (and there are signs that it does), there is a need for migrating modeling from craft to engineering. This...

The advent of e-commerce gives an opportunity to shift the paradigm of customer communication into a highly interactive mode. The new generation of commercial Web servers, such as the Blue Martini’s server, combines the collection of data on a customer behavior with real-time processing and dynamic tailoring of a feedback page. The new opportunities for direct product marketing and cross sellin...

A web-enabled DEVS modeling and simulation environment (DEVSJAVA) based on the DEVS formalism and implemented in Java language is discussed. This first generation of DEVSJAVA is an amalgamation of the proven object-oriented DEVS and key web-centric capabilities offered by the Java language. DEVSJAVA offers its users the ability to construct and experiment with dynamic models based on web techno...