Assessing Interoperability Requirements in Networked Enterprises: A Model‐based System Engineering Approach

2019

Computers in Industry

Self Cite

The development of Interoperability is a necessity for organisations to achieve business goals and capture new market opportunities. Indeed, interoperability allows enterprises to exchange information and use it to seize their shared goals. Therefore, it should be verified and continuously improved. This is the main objective of the Interoperability Assessment (INAS). Indeed, such an assessment aims at determining the strengths and weakness of an enterprise in terms of interoperability. Many surveys and reviews have been proposed in the literature to analyse the existing INAS approaches. However, the majority of these reviews are focusing on specific properties rather than a general view of an INAS. Therefore, this paper proposes a systematic literature review of INAS approaches. The objectives are to identify the relevant INAS approaches and to compare them based on a holistic view based on their similar and different properties (e.g. type of assessment, the used measurement mechanism, and the addressed interoperability barriers). A bibliometric analysis of the selected INAS approaches is also conducted with a discussion of their advantages and limitations.

“…The INAS approach proposed in [84], [85], [86], [87] addresses the Potentiality and Compatibility assessment of any kind of Entities (i.e. General Use).…”

Section: Approach A22: a Holistic Interoperability Assessment Based Omentioning

confidence: 99%

Interoperability assessment: A systematic literature review

2019

Computers in Industry

Self Cite

“…First, considering an enterprise as a social-technical system and consequently a business network as a systems of systems (SoS) [39], [40], we study the definition and main characteristics of such systems. Next, we highlight the importance of interoperability assessment within a business network.…”

Section: Determining the Scope And Domainmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…MMEI). We also considered the interdependencies of the interoperability requirements defined on [40]. The instantiation is done using the Protégé tool.…”

Section: Instantiating the Ontologymentioning

confidence: 99%

An ontology for interoperability assessment: A systemic approach

Journal of Industrial Information Integration

2019

Self Cite

Enterprise Interoperability is a requirement for ensuring an effective collaboration within a network of enterprises. Therefore, interoperability should be continuously assessed and improved for avoiding collaboration issues. To do so, an interoperability assessment can be performed by the concerned enterprises. Such an assessment provides an overview of the enterprise systems' strengths and weaknesses regarding interoperability. A plethora of assessment approaches are proposed in the literature. The majority of them focus on one single aspect of interoperability. In general, to have a holistic view of the assessed systems, i.e. consider different aspects, enterprises have to apply different approaches. However, the application of multiple approaches may cause redundancy and confusion when assessing the same system using different metrics and viewpoints. Therefore, this article is to propose an ontology for interoperability assessment. The main objective of such an ontology is to provide a sound description of all relevant concepts and relationships regarding an interoperability assessment. Inference rules are also provided for reasoning on interoperability problems. A case study based on a real enterprise in presented to evaluate the proposed ontology.

“…Therefore, the Interoperability Assessment (INAS) has the objective to analyse the interoperability, before, during or after any collaboration between enterprise systems for identifying interoperability problems and associated solutions (Ford et al, 2007a), (Guédria et al, 2015), (Panetto et al, 2016). When assessing systems regarding their interoperability, a certain number of Interoperability Requirements (IR) should be verified (Chen et al, 2007), (Daclin et al, 2016), (Leal et al, 2017). These requirements define the needs of stakeholders regarding interoperability.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…However, such changes at the enterprise systems level embody an immediate evolution and present a disturbance to the networked enterprise (Agostinho et al, 2016). Hence, the alignment between enterprises systems and their related requirements should also be taken into account when assessing and improving systems interoperability (Goepp and Avila, 2015), (Leal et al, 2017).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Enterprise interoperability assessment: a requirements engineering approach

International Journal of Computer Integrated Manufacturing

2020

Self Cite

One of the main challenges within collaborative business ecosystems is the management of Interoperability. Indeed, Interoperability is a crucial prerequisite that must be satisfied when enterprises need to work together for seizing new business opportunities and improving competitiveness. To develop and improve enterprise systems interoperability, a set of interoperability requirements needs to be verified. Indeed, knowing the different requirements and their relationships are paramount for identifying potential impacts on the overall system. Many research work have been proposed in the literature for defining and analysing such requirements. However, existing work do not explicitly specify the interdependencies between interoperability requirements. The objective of this article is, therefore, to investigate and define the interoperability requirements and their interdependencies. This will provide a holistic and clear view of the relations between the system components and their associated requirements. Therefore, one will be able to identify potential causes of the non-fulfilment of requirements, and their impacts on the concerned system. To do so, a Requirements Engineering approach is used to identify and formalise interoperability requirements and their relationships.