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BPMN simulation tool

AshleyAshley Posts: 17
in Event Logs
Hi,
I need to generate event log for BPMN model simulation with sub process. I found a tool plg2 that can simulate BPMN model, but this tool can't handle BPMN with or gateway and sub process. I haven't found a suitable tool for a long time. Can you recommend some tool m that can generate event log for BPMN simulation? thank you.

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  • AshleyAshley Posts: 17
    I found another simulation tool, Gena, but there was an error 'unknown gateway type' when processing with or gateway. Is it a problem with my drawing or can't Gena handle BPMN with or gateway?
  • hverbeekhverbeek Posts: 910
    Hi Ashley,

    As far as I understand one of the papers on Gena (see https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1569190X17300047?via=ihub), Gena only allows for the exclusive (XOR) and parallel (AND) gateways. There were plans to extend this set of supported gateways, but this may have never happened.

    I have forwarded your first question to the person leading the development of BPMN-related plugins in ProM: Anna Kalenkova. As it seems, she also contributed to Gena. I hope she can help you better than I can on this.

    Kind regards,
    Eric.

  • AshleyAshley Posts: 17
    Hi Eric,
    Thank you for your reply.
  • akalenkovaakalenkova Posts: 3
    Hi Ashley,
    thank you for your interest in BPMN log generators!

    Answering your questions:
    1) In Gena, OR gateways are not supported, subprocesses are supported though.

    2) In ProM there is a plugin "Translate BPMN to Petri net".
    This plugin can handle OR gateways but does not totally preserve their semantics.
    You can try to retrieve a Petri net and then use ProM techniques to simulate it.

    Kind regards, Anna

  • AshleyAshley Posts: 17
    Hi Ashley,
    thank you for your interest in BPMN log generators!

    Answering your questions:
    1) In Gena, OR gateways are not supported, subprocesses are supported though.

    2) In ProM there is a plugin "Translate BPMN to Petri net".
    This plugin can handle OR gateways but does not totally preserve their semantics.
    You can try to retrieve a Petri net and then use ProM techniques to simulate it.

    Kind regards, Anna


    Hi Anna,
    Thank you for your reply.I also consider transforming BPMN model with OR-gataways into Petri net, but the event log generated by the transformed Petri net simulation can not be completely replaced. I am considering how to reduce the impact of model transformation.
    Thanks again.

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