King's College London · Department of Informatics

Doctoral research project

Reusable Simulation in Emergency Departments A Domain-Specific Modelling Language Approach

BoFan Zhang and Dr Steffen Zschaler · King's College London

Domain
Emergency Department operations
Approach
Domain-specific modelling language
Tooling
Graphical + textual workbench (GLSP & Langium)
Status
Ongoing

Emergency Departments (EDs) face increasingly complex operational challenges, including rising demand, constrained resources and highly variable patient flows.

To support simulation-based analysis and planning in such settings, we propose a reusable domain-specific modelling language (DSML) that lets ED stakeholders model their processes intuitively.

Unlike traditional simulation modelling, which often requires programming expertise, our approach empowers domain experts to design and reuse high-level simulation constructs through a modelling workbench that interweaves graphical (GLSP) and textual (Langium) editing.

The goal is to bridge the gap between domain experts and simulation technologies, enabling scenario exploration, operational redesign and policy evaluation without requiring simulation code expertise.

2026

  1. MODELS 2026

    Interweaving Graphical and Textual Modelling using GLSP and Langium

    BoFan Zhang, Andreas Hell, Steffen Zschaler and Dominik Bork

    ACM/IEEE 29th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages and Systems (MODELS ’26): Tool Demonstrations Track, Oct 2026

  2. EDTconf 2026

    A Dual-Lens Conceptual Framework for Digital Twin V&V

    Benoit Combemale, Steffen Zschaler, Jean-Michel Bruel, Christopher Burr, Adelaide De Vecchi, Aidan Dures, Sophie Ebersold, Rym M’Hallah, Pascale Vicat-Blanc and BoFan Zhang

    3rd International Conference on Engineering Digital Twins (EDTconf ’26), Oct 2026

  3. ORAHS 2026

    Towards a Modelling Workbench for Reusable Emergency Department Simulation

    BoFan Zhang, Steffen Zschaler and Matthew Edwards

    Oct 2026

2025

  1. ORAHS 2025

    Reusable Simulation of Emergency Departments: A Domain-Specific Modelling Language Approach

    BoFan Zhang and Steffen Zschaler

    Poster session, Oct 2025

  2. LangDev 25

    Integrated graphical and textual modelling using GLSP and Langium

    Andreas Hell, BoFan Zhang, Steffen Zschaler and Dominik Bork

    Oct 2025

Interested in the project, a collaboration or trying the workbench? Get in touch.