Modeling and analysis of a web-based collaborative enterprise using Petri nets

Abstract

Lately, web-based collaborative enterprises concepts have been applied in numerous information systems and have become a key focus for many organizations. The well structured, modeled and analyzed architectural framework of the system is a very important part of the process when developing applications, since these applications are subject to frequent change and increased complexity. This paper discusses three essential phases of designing a web-based collaborative enterprise: framework, modeling and analysis. First, the paper proposes an application oriented web-based collaborative system architecture. Second, the modeling and simulation of the selected application are shown. Third, some analysis of the application using Stochastic Petri nets is discussed. We contend that following these phases will help to develop and analyze the web-based collaborative enterprise systems. Finally, this approach can be used in a variety of collaborative enterprise systems which form the basis of our future work and further development.