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A Decision Support System for Enterprise Engineering

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This paper describes the design principles of a system aimed to support decision-making in Enterprise Engineering projects. The system proposes a novel approach based on the analysis of the interactions between project participants in the context of their life cycles. An outline of the theoretical foundation is followed by the requirements, architectural and detailed design descriptions of the proposed support system.

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    The Purdue Enterprise Architecture Framework (Williams,1994)

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    Graphs with Results and Activities Interrelated (Doumeingts,1998)

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    Open System Architecture for Comp. Integrated Manufacturing (CIMOSA Association1996)

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    ARchitecture for Information Systems (Scheer,1992,1999)

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    The Zachman Architecture Framework (Zachman,1987)

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    Department of Defence Architecture Framework (DoD AF Working Group,2004)

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    Treasury Enterprise Architecture Framework (Treasury CIO Council 2000)

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    Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework (The CIO Council, 1999)

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    The Open Group Enterprise Architecture Framework (The Open Group, 2006)

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    Noran, O. (2009). A Decision Support System for Enterprise Engineering. In: Wojtkowski, W., Wojtkowski, G., Lang, M., Conboy, K., Barry, C. (eds) Information Systems Development. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-68772-8_41

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