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The original motivation for the development of hierarchical process modelling (HPM) can be viewed as an attempt, in an engineering context, to deal with the problem of integrating hard and soft systems thinking through a common modelling approach. This chapter follows the historical development of HPM from its functionalist roots through to its application as the modelling approach to support a problem structuring method (PSM). HPM was developed at the University of Bristol during the 1990s and brought together the means of combining evidence of process performance, expressed using interval probability theory, with their representation as a system comprising a hierarchical structure of processes. There are four foundations to the use of HPM as a PSM: (i) the process epistemology, (ii) modelling oriented towards achieving purpose, (iii) the how/why modelling dialectic, and (iv) measuring process performance.
The original motivation for the development of hierarchical process modelling (HPM) can be viewed as an attempt, in an engineering context, to deal with the problem of integrating hard and soft systems thinking through a common modelling approach. This chapter follows the historical development of HPM from its functionalist roots through to its application as the modelling approach to support a problem structuring method (PSM). HPM was developed at the University of Bristol during the 1990s and brought together the means of combining evidence of process performance, expressed using interval probability theory, with their representation as a system comprising a hierarchical structure of processes. There are four foundations to the use of HPM as a PSM: (i) the process epistemology, (ii) modelling oriented towards achieving purpose, (iii) the how/why modelling dialectic, and (iv) measuring process performance.
Hierarchical Process Modelling
Yearworth, Mike (editor)
Problem Structuring ; 135-154
2024-09-24
20 pages
Article/Chapter (Book)
Electronic Resource
English
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