Workshop on human behaviour simulation in business processes

Info about event

Time

Monday 28 September 2026,  at 09:00 - 16:00

Location

8003-3124

Speakers:
Sven Tackenberg, TH-OWL
Jan-Philllip Herrmann, TH-OWL

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Deadline: (due to lunch): Tuesday, 22 September.

Agenda:
The realism and fidelity of industrial process simulations are significantly influenced by the unpredictability and difficulty of modeling complex human behavior. Artificial intelligence provides methods for learning and integrating human behavior into simulation models, making the analysis and optimization of industrial processes with simulation more reliable and effective. The workshop presents state-of-the-art methods for learning and predicting human behavior in industrial process simulations, along with the theory and practice of conducting simulation studies to verify and validate simulation models and derive design recommendations for process optimization. The workshop introduces various simulation tools in group work to apply the theoretical concepts discussed.

Tentative agenda of the workshop:

09:00-10:00Introduction to business process simulation
10:00-11:00

Group work

  • Development of a control circuit diagram for planning problems
  • Solution of a scheduling problem (card board game)
11:00-11:40Introduction to modeling human decision-making
11:40-12:00Gameplay of a serious game
12:00-13:00Lunch provided by BTECH
13:00-13:30Introduction to planning a scientific simulation study
13:30-14:15

Group work

  • Conceptualization of a simulation study
14:15-15:00Simulating human behavior in job shops: A case study
15:00-16:00Application: Development of a simulation model that integrates human behavior in a programming environment and execution of a simulation study

Sven and Jan-Phillip will be at BTECH for the period 23-30/9.