System Potential Estimation with Regard to Digitalization: Main Ideas and Estimation Example

Abstract

The article outlines the main concept and examples of mathematical models needed to estimate system potential and digitalization performance indicators. Such an estimation differs in that it is performed with predictive mathematical models. The purpose of such an estimation is to enable a set of problems of system design and functional design of information technologies to be solved as mathematical problems, predictively and analytically. The hypothesis of the research is that the quality of system functioning in changing conditions can be evaluated analytically, based on predictive mathematical models. We suggested a property of the system potential (or system capability) that describes the effects of the compliance of changing system functioning with changing conditions analytically and predictively. Thus, it describes the performance of the use of information operations to realize functioning in changing conditions. The example includes system’s environment graph-theoretic models and system’s models regarding IT use to react to changing environments. As a result of the suggested models and methods, the quantitative estimation of system potential regarding information technology use becomes possible depending on the parameters and variables of the problems to be solved. Use cases of problems decision with the use of such indicators include choosing optimal information technology implementation and the synthesis of information operation characteristics.

Concepts and principles of the sustainable digital technologies use: process science and activity theory view

“…In accordance with our earlier works [3][4][5][6][7][8], it is targeted changes that require information operations, possibly of different types. We define information [9] as a form -for example, a record on some "information carrier" -of the existence of ideas or thoughts (representations, concepts, judgments) in the material world (that is, outside of consciousness).…”

“…Theoretical means to link informational and other activities are necessary, in our opinion, to solve the problems noted earlier as unsolved. Examples of using the "activity approach" for different types of activities using information and information technologies are presented in [7,8].…”

System Capability Estimation for Various Information Operations Used

“…Measures (1,2) can be used to estimate indicators of other properties, which characterize various aspects of the system change quality. Other measures used and examples of other properties estimation, such as dynamic capability, organizational capability, IT capability indicators estimation, can be found at [21][22][23][24][25].…”