Modelling Applications:

CIMOSA - Evolution in Enterprise Engineering and Integration, K. Kosanke, F.B. Vernadat, M. Zelm (Eds.)

 A total of 20 invited papers present the state of the art in enterprise engineering covering new developments, applications, ICT support and standardisation.

This special  issue uses CIMOSA and its widely known set of concepts, which have been recognised as the basis for developing relevant European and international standards, to present the state-of-the-art and to show the evolution in this field. The papers mostly have a wider scope than can be deduced from their titles and their positioning into one of the four categories. E.g. application oriented papers describe tools and methodologies and IT oriented papers refer to applications as well.

Structure of Contents:

• New Developments: The seven papers in this category cover modelling processes and modelling language constructs and their representation in XML.

• Applications: Reported applications of the six papers span a wide range of industry from mechanical parts and tiles manufacturing to railway and health and safety procedures in metropolitan railways and process industry. Two papers present results from application of both workflow and CIMOSA concepts, benefiting from synergy between the two.

• ICT Support: Two of the three papers in this section present specific tool applications (FirstSTEP and PrimeObjects). The last paper presents an integrating infrastructure which resembles the CIMOSA definitions.

• Standardisation: Status and outlook of European and international standardisation is the subject of the last three papers. Especially the paper by R.H. Weston presents the concepts of component based systems for enterprise engineering and the potential need for standardisation for reusability and exchangeability of such components.

Computers in Industry Vol 40, Nr. 2-3, 1999,   http://www.elsevier.nl/locate/compind

 

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