A GENERIC METRIC FOR MEASURING COMPLEXITY OF MODELS

Christian Schalles, John Creagh, Michael Rebstock

2010

Abstract

In recent years, various object and process oriented modelling methods were developed to support the process of modelling in enterprises. When applying these methods, graphical models are generated and used to depict various aspects of enterprise architectures. Concerning this, surveys analyzing modelling languages in different ways were conducted. In many cases these surveys include experimental data collection methods. At this juncture the complexity of concrete models often affects output of these studies. To ensure complexity value comparability of different models, a generic metric for measuring complexity of models is proposed.

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Schalles C., Creagh J. and Rebstock M. (2010). A GENERIC METRIC FOR MEASURING COMPLEXITY OF MODELS . In Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-8425-06-5, pages 436-439. DOI: 10.5220/0002874804360439


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@conference{iceis10,
author={Christian Schalles and John Creagh and Michael Rebstock},
title={A GENERIC METRIC FOR MEASURING COMPLEXITY OF MODELS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,},
year={2010},
pages={436-439},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002874804360439},
isbn={978-989-8425-06-5},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 3: ICEIS,
TI - A GENERIC METRIC FOR MEASURING COMPLEXITY OF MODELS
SN - 978-989-8425-06-5
AU - Schalles C.
AU - Creagh J.
AU - Rebstock M.
PY - 2010
SP - 436
EP - 439
DO - 10.5220/0002874804360439