<p>A process analysis and simulation framework is configured with several adaptable libraries that provide a user with the ability to select plug-in modules that are applicable to a particular process simulation The user may add or remove modules to configure the framework with specific functionality and parameters according to the needs of a particular process simulation The plug-in modules may execute individually or dependencies may be established between multiple plug-in modules A simulation engine executes the process simulation to determine an optimized solution for the data The data used in the execution of the process simulation may be manually input, provided by the plug-in modules, or retrieved from external sources The output of the process simulation is displayed to the use and stored in a file or a database for future use.</p>