Prompted by an old discussion on Reddit (link expired), kicked off by the question: “Please explain OOP to me in the language of a five-year old”, I found myself musing on the reasons computing seems to stay stuck in the Middle Ages. It is not for lack of great minds or vision. In fact, I […]
SmallSim
SmallSim is a business simulation tool that helps in building complex models, and then execute these models. With SmallSim you create executable models. The important differentiating characteristic of SmallSim is that SmallSim is not only executable, it is a full-fledged simulation environment to execute the models in.
LogSim
This article introduces a tool developed by Rob Vens for process modelling and mining. It uses a language similar to BPMN. Only better! It has full support for also executing your models in a realistic way using a full-fledged simulation environment.
Ecoology
This article (originally published in Dutch) argues that object-orientation is the only viable alternative for modelling complex systems. Additionally it explains that the better metaphor for doing this is derived from biological systems. We are sorry, but the article has not yet been translated into English. If you want to read it in Dutch, please […]
UML for functional programming?
This question was asked on Stackoverflow and ModelingLanguages and prompted me to attempt to make some persistent preconceptions about UML clearer. First of all: UML is not about modelling object-oriented software. Origin of object-orientation But maybe we should go back to what object-orientation is. OO (shorthand for object-orientation) is invented around 1970. Xerox had a […]