Handbook on Architectures of Information Systems

This new edition of an established handbook offers a comprehensive overview of architectures, languages, methods, and techniques for modeling and analyzing information systems in organizations. More than 30 contributions by authoritative figures in this area provide a completely revised reference source for problem-solvers, including new papers on XML and UML. The authors survey numerous approaches from computer science, information systems, and business administration, among others. The first volume of the International Handbook on Information Systems.

Offers a comprehensive overview of architectures, languages, methods, and techniques for constructing information systems Approaches from computer science, information systems, business administration Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Auteur
Prof. Dr.-Ing. Günther Schmidt, Studium in Berlin: Betriebswirtschaftslehre; Informatik; Wirtschaftsingenieurwesen. Seit 1988 lehrt er als Professor für Betriebswirtschaftlehre und Informatik an verschiedenen Universitäten. Er ist Direktor des IKS-Institut für Kommunikationssysteme.

Contenu
Architectures of Information Systems.- Properties of Information Modeling Techniques for Information Systems Engineering.- Express.- Object-Role Modeling (ORM/NIAM).- Database Language SQL.- Petri Nets.- State Transition Diagrams.- The Process Interchange Format.- Process Language GPN.- The IDEF Family of Languages.- The CIMOSA Languages.- ConceptBase: Managing Conceptual Models about Information Systems.- Conceptual Graphs.- GRAI GridDecisional Modelling.- Modeling of Business Systems Using SOM.- Workflow and Service Composition Languages.- XML The Extensible Markup Language and its Use in the Field of EDI.- Modeling Information-Systems with UML Unified Modeling Language.- Information Engineering Methodology.- Object-Oriented Software Engineering Methods.- Euromethod Contract Management.- An Integrated Enterprise Modeling Environment.- WorkParty - Business Processes and Workflow Management.- Business Process Reengineering with PROPLAN®.- ARIS Architecture of Integrated Information Systems.- Tools for Analysis and Simulation: BONAPART.- MO2GO: User Oriented Enterprise Models for Organisational and IT Solutions.- IBM Insurance Application Architecture (IAA) An overview of the Insurance Business Architecture.- Fraunhofer Simulation Reference Models.- Configuring Business Application Systems.- The SIZ Banking Data Model.- ODP and OMA Reference Models.- Architectural Requirements of Commercial Products.- Integration Infrastructures for Agile Manufacturing Systems.- Distributed Processing: DCE, CORBA, and Java.- Higher Level Integration by Multi-Agent Architectures.