Abstract
Recent challenges have brought about an inevitable tendency for enterprises to lunge towards organizing their information activities in a comprehensive way. In this respect, Enterprise Architecture (EA) has proven to be the leading option for development and maintenance of information systems. EA clearly provides a thorough outline of the whole information system comprising an enterprise. To establish such an outline, a logical framework needs to be laid upon the entire information system. Zachman framework (ZF) has been widely accepted as a standard scheme for identifying and organizing descriptive representations that have critical roles in enterprise management and system development. In this paper, we propose a framework based on ZF for Decision Support Systems (DSS). Furthermore, a modeling approach based on Model-Driven Architecture (MDA) is utilized to obtain compatible models for all cells in the framework. The efficiency of the proposed framework is examined through a case study.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution.
Buying options
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Learn about institutional subscriptionsPreview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
S. S. Ostadzadeh, F. Shams, S. A. Ostadzadeh, “A Method for Consistent Modeling of Zachman Framework,” Advances and Innovations in Systems, Computing Sciences and Software Engineering, Springer, pp. 375-380, August 2007. (ISBN 978-1-4020-6263-6)
S. S. Ostadzadeh, F. Shams, S. A. Ostadzadeh, “An MDA-Based Generic Framework to Address Various Aspects of Enterprise Architecture,” Advances in Computer and Information Sciences and Engineering, Springer, pp. 455-460, August 2008. (ISBN 978-1-4020-8740-0)
E. Turban, Decision support and expert systems: management support systems, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice Hall, 1995.
P. N. Finlay, Introducing decision support systems, Oxford, UK Cambridge, Mass., NCC Blackwell, Blackwell Publishers, 1994.
R. H. Sprague and H. J. Watson, Decision support systems: putting theory into practice, Englewood Clifts, N.J., Prentice Hall, 1993.
M. J. Druzdzel, and R. R. Flynn, Decision Support Systems, Encyclopedia of Library and Information Science, A. Kent, Marcel Dekker, Inc., 1999.
J. A. Zachman, The Zachman Framework: A Primer for Enterprise Engineering and Manufacturing, 2003.
J. A. Zachman, “A Framework for Information Systems Architecture”, IBM Systems Journal, Vol. 26, No. 3, 1987.
J. A. Zachman, “The Framework for Enterprise Architecture – Cell Definitions”, ZIFA, 2003.
Chief Information Officers (CIO) Council, Federal Enterprise Architecture Framework, Version 1.1, September 1999.
Department of the Treasury, Treasury Enterprise Architecture Framework, Version 1, July 2000.
C4ISR Architecture Working Group (AWG), C4ISR Architecture Framework, Version 2.0, U.S.A. Department of Defense (DoD), December 1997.
Peter Weill, “Innovating with Information Systems: What do the most agile firms in the world do?”, Presented at the 6th e-Business Conference, Barcelona, Spain, March 2007. http://www.iese.edu/en/files/6_29338.pdf
D. S. Frankel, Model Driven Architecture: Applying MDA to Enterprise Computing, OMG Press, Wiley Publishing, 2003.
G. Booch, B. Brown, S. Iyengar, J. Rumbaugh, and B. Selic, “An MDA Manifesto”, MDA Journal, May 2004.
D. D’Souza, “Model-Driven Architecture and Integration”, Kinetium, March 2002.
MDA Guide, OMG document, 2003. http://www.omg.org/
S. J. Mellor, K. Scott, A. Uhl, and D. Weise, MDA Distilled: Principles of Model-Driven Architecture, Addison Wesley, 2004.
Object Management Group Document, http://www.omg.org/technology/documents/
D. Pilone and N. Pitman, UML 2.0 in a Nutshell, O’Reilly, 2005.
F. Shams Aliee, Modeling the Behavior of Processes Using Collaborating Objects, PhD Thesis, University of Manchester, Manchester, May 1996.
A. Majidi, “FAVA: Strategic Plan & Architecture”, Technical Report, I.R.I Presidential Office, ITC, Tehran, 2004.
A. Majidi, “CHAM: National Framework & Methodology for Macro/Micro Systems”, Technical Report, Institute for Strategic Researches in Information Technology (IRIT), I.R.I Presidential Office, ITC, Tehran, 2005.
S. S. Ostadzadeh and A. Majidi, “Chief Management Functional Architecture: Macro Architecture”, Technical Report, Institute for Strategic Researches in Information Technology (IRIT), I.R.I Presidential Office, ITC, Tehran, 2006.
S. S. Ostadzadeh, “Chief Management Functional Architecture: Detailed Architecture”, Technical Report, Science & Research of IAU, Tehran, 2006.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Corresponding author
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2010 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.
About this paper
Cite this paper
Ostadzadeh, S.S., Habibi, J., Ostadzadeh, S.A. (2010). A Framework for Decision Support Systems Based on Zachman Framework. In: Elleithy, K. (eds) Advanced Techniques in Computing Sciences and Software Engineering. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3660-5_86
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3660-5_86
Published:
Publisher Name: Springer, Dordrecht
Print ISBN: 978-90-481-3659-9
Online ISBN: 978-90-481-3660-5
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)