Computer-supported software development with BPsim products family - Integration of multiple approaches

The paper focuses on the actual problem of development of methods and tools for processes simulation and software engineering, that automate the whole process starting with the processes formalization, business processes and decision-making processes dynamic models development, carrying out simulation experiments with the models, bottlenecks analysis, process re-engineering and optimization, and finishing with software engineering, which includes database and software modules generation. During research many available CASE tools were studied, analyzed and searched for disadvantages. Particularly, most of the tools lacked structural and object-oriented approaches integration and design process intelligence, i.e. no interaction between various kinds of UML diagrams. Keeping in mind these factors and considering small performance on complicated systems analysis utilizing simulation modeling a multi-agent resource conversion processes based CASE tool was engineered.