Modification and Application of Diagrammatic Languages (BPMN, UML) for the Description and Modeling of Biological Systems

The aim of this master's thesis is to analyze, modify, and apply the diagrammatic languages Unified Modeling Language and Business Process Model and Notation (UML, BPMN) for the modeling of biological systems. The work seeks to address the question of how these languages can be suitably adapted to describe biological processes and structures, and whether they can provide an appropriate tool for the efficient and accurate representation of biological systems. The main contribution will be the creation of a modified diagrammatic language that facilitates interdisciplinary collaboration, for example between computer scientists and biologists, in the modeling of biological processes and the description of biological system structures. Furthermore, such a language may serve as a didactic tool for better understanding of these processes and structures in biological systems. The foundation of this research lies in identifying the main limitations of these languages in describing complex biological systems, including molecular processes, cellular structures, and regulatory networks. These diagrammatic languages, originally designed for software and business modeling, have limited ability to capture the detailed and dynamic aspects of biological processes, creating the need for their adaptation. The...