This is probably the only technique that allows system interactions to be analyzed. This page is an element of the Business Process Reengineering section of the Center for Virtual Organization and Commerce, of which this section is a creation of the students, faculty and alumni of the Department of Information Systems and Decision Sciences at Louisiana State University. D escription Simulation is the process of designing a mathematical or logical model of a real system and then conducting computer-based experiments with the model to describe, explain, and predict the behavior of the system.
Models usually contain only the essentials of the real system.
Although the elements are presented sequentially, the study in reality may be iterative. Business Process Innovation often entails dramatic changes in processes, human resource issues, organization structure and systems. Such changes might bear little resemblance to the current state and often involve considerable risk. A new process for taxpayer collections that was not prototyped by the IRS, although far superior to the old process, had an unanticipated negative impact on workers. The use of simulation is useful in capturing such consequences prior to implementation.