Automating Business Modelling : A Guide to Using Logic to Represent Informal Methods and Support Reasoning (Hardcover)--by Yun-Heh Chen-Burger [2005 Edition] ISBN: 9781852338350

Enterprise Modelling (EM) methods are frequently used by entrepreneurs as an analysis tool for describing and redesigning their businesses. The resulting product, an enterprise model, is commonly used as a blueprint for reconstructing organizations and such effort is often a part of business process re-engineering and improvement initiatives. **Automating Business Modelling** describes different techniques of providing automated support for enterprise modelling methods and introduces universally used approaches. A running example of a business modelling method is included; providing a framework and detailed explanation as to how to construct automated support for modelling, allowing readers to follow the method to create similar support. Suitable for senior undergraduates and postgraduates of Business Studies, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, practitioners in the fields of Knowledge Management, Enterprise Modelling and Software Engineering, this book offers insight and know-how to both student and professional.

Automating Business Modelling illustrates a lightweight use of logical methods that is deployed with a combination of knowledge representation, modelling & reasoning techniques to assist varieties of modelling methods. Modelling methods that are included as illustrative examples are: + Rational Unified Process + Web Services Flow Language + Unified Modelling Language + Ontologies + IBMÆs Business Modelling method + CommomKADS and + Process modelling methods This book provides know-how in making use of informal models to their full potential. It enhances the use of enterprise models as an effective communication medium between business & technical personnel, promotes understanding of semantics that are deeply embedded in a model & increases the quality of the created models, & therefore the blue-print of the to-be developed business system. As a result, it helps bridge the gap between the often informal world of higher level business requirements analysis & the more formal world of software system specification.

"Automating Business Modelling describes different techniques of providing automated support for enterprise modelling methods and introduces universally used approaches. A running example of a business modelling method is included, providing a framework and detailed explanation as to how to construct automated support for modelling and allowing readers to follow the method to create similar support of their own." "Suitable for senior undergraduates and postgraduates of Business Studies, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, as well as practitioners in the fields of Knowledge Management, Enterprise Modelling and Software Engineering, this book offers insight and know how to both student and professional."--Résumé de l'éditeur "Automating Business Modelling describes different techniques of providing automated support for enterprise modelling methods and introduces universally used approaches. A running example of a business modelling method is included, providing a framework and detailed explanation as to how to construct automated support for modelling and allowing readers to follow the method to create similar support of their own." "Suitable for senior undergraduates and postgraduates of Business Studies, Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence, as well as practitioners in the fields of Knowledge Management, Enterprise Modelling and Software Engineering, this book offers insight and know how to both student and professional."--Jacket Introduction....Pages 1-8 Background Knowledge....Pages 9-21 Problems and Overview of Approach....Pages 23-36 Logic....Pages 37-74 Formal Support for Data Modelling....Pages 75-94 Formal Support for Process Modelling....Pages 95-116 Reasoning on and Executing Processes....Pages 117-142 Knowledge Sharing and Reuse of Models....Pages 143-169 Use of KBST-BM ....Pages 171-187 Evaluation of System....Pages 189-217 Conclusion....Pages 219-228 This chapter describes the general background that sets the context for the work that is described later.