Visual Modeling and Simulation Toolkit for Activity Cycle Diagram

Abstract

A direct use of activity cycle diagram (ACD) model into a simulation execution has a limitation that it does not maximize the power of the widely adopted three-phase rule in the simulation execution of ACD models. This paper presents a key model specification for the simulation execution of the ACD model, named, activity transition table (ATT). The proposed ATT reduces the gap between the ACD (the flow of state change) and the three-phase rule (activity transition) and maximizes the modularity of the three-phase rule. The presented ATT model and ACD model can be implemented and executed with the help of the visual modeling and simulation toolkit.