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05628512 Laurier, Wim Poels, Geert A simulation model articulation of the REA ontology. Meersman, Robert (ed.) et al., On the move to meaningful internet systems: OTM 2009 workshops. Confederated international workshops and posters, ADI, CAMS, EI2N, ISDE, IWSSA, MONET, ontocontent, ODIS, ORM, OTM Academy, SWWS, SEMELS, beyond SAWSDL, and COMBEK 2009, Vilamoura, Portugal, November 1--6, 2009. Proceedings. Berlin: Springer (ISBN 978-3-642-05289-7/pbk). Lecture Notes in Computer Science 5872, 554-563 (2009). 2009 Berlin: Springer EN Resource-Event-Agent ontology supply chain enterprise accounting model simulation

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-05290-3_69

Summary: This paper demonstrates how the REA enterprise ontology can be used to construct simulation models for business processes, value chains and collaboration spaces in supply chains. These models support various high-level and operational management simulation applications, e.g. the analysis of enterprise sustainability and day-to-day planning. First, the basic constructs of the REA ontology and the ExSpect modelling language for simulation are introduced. Second, collaboration space, value chain and business process models and their conceptual dependencies are shown, using the ExSpect language. Third, an exhibit demonstrates the use of value chain models in predicting the financial performance of an enterprise.