Title: An integrated simulation modelling framework for decision aids in enterprise software development process

Authors: Seungho Lee, Nurcin Celik, Young-Jun Son

Addresses: Systems and Industrial Engineering, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. ' Systems and Industrial Engineering, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA. ' Systems and Industrial Engineering, The University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA

Abstract: Development of enterprise software systems requires the collaboration of many stakeholders that form a complex social network. The goal of this paper is to propose a novel simulation modelling framework, which will allow the stakeholders to perform what-if analyses before making their decisions. The proposed framework involves four different modelling paradigms, including Bayesian belief network, Belief-Desire-Intention mimicking a human decision, game-theory mimicking interactions of humans with conflicting goals, and system dynamics for an overall software development. The proposed framework is illustrated with a real case study in Kuali, which is an open source project currently under development by nine universities.

Keywords: simulation; modelling; intelligent agents; enhancement management; enterprise software development; open source; Bayesian belief networks; belief-desire-intention; game theory; system dynamics; multi-agent systems; MAS; agent-based systems.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSPM.2009.025828

International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling, 2009 Vol.5 No.1, pp.62 - 76

Received: 28 Jul 2008
Accepted: 05 Nov 2008
Published online: 24 May 2009 *

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