Abstract
Discrete Event Systems Specification (DEVS) is a widely used formalism for modeling and simulation of discrete and continuous systems. While DEVS provides a sound mathematical representation of discrete systems, its practical use can suffer when models become complex. Five main functions, which construct the core of atomic modules in DEVS, can realize the behaviors that modelers want to represent. The integration of these functions is handled by the simulation routine; however, modelers can implement each function in various ways. Therefore, there is a need for graphical representations of complex models to simplify their implementation and facilitate their reproduction. In this work, we illustrate the use of activity diagrams for this purpose in the context of a health care behavior model, which is developed with an agent-based modeling paradigm.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 129-134 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Simulation Series |
Volume | 47 |
Issue number | 8 |
State | Published - 2015 |
Event | Symposium on Theory of Modeling and Simulation - DEVS Integrative M and S Symposium, DEVS 2015, Part of the 2015 Spring Simulation Multi-Conference, SpringSim 2015 - Alexandria, United States Duration: Apr 12 2015 → Apr 15 2015 |
Keywords
- Activity diagram
- Activity life-cycle
- Agent-based
- DEVS
- Health care modeling