Talk:Process modeling

Regarding the possible merge: "Process modelling" is also a term used by chemical/process engineers to refer to their efforts to model chemical processing plants. BPM should therefore be specified fully, not shortened as in the present article.

I do not see why, the chemical processing plant is still a business, and as such the modelling of its workings fits within the business process modelling paradigm. Ansell 07:04, 23 August 2006 (UTC)

Please note that the process modeling for process engineering refer to mathematical models which mimics the actual process. For example, a process model for a blast furnace (used to make steel) would capture all the physico-chemical reactions and try to predict the temperature and completion of various reactions during the charge descent. This is surely not a business process modeling.