title: A catalog of automated analysis methods for enterprise models.
abstract: Enterprise models are created for documenting and communicating the structure and state of Business and Information Technologies elements of an enterprise. After models are completed, they are mainly used to support analysis. Model analysis is an activity typically based on human skills and due to the size and complexity of the models, this process can be complicated and omissions or miscalculations are very likely. This situation has fostered the research of automated analysis methods, for supporting analysts in enterprise analysis processes. By reviewing the literature, we found several analysis methods; nevertheless, they are based on specific situations and different metamodels; then, some analysis methods might not be applicable to all enterprise models. This paper presents the work of compilation (literature review), classification, structuring, and characterization of automated analysis methods for enterprise models, expressing them in a standardized modeling language. In addition, we have implemented the analysis methods in our modeling tool.
authors.affiliation: Department of Systems and Computing Engineering, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Hector
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Florez
authors.affiliation: Department of Systems and Computing Engineering, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sánchez
authors.affiliation: Department of Systems and Computing Engineering, Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Villalobos
keywords: Enterprise analysis; Enterprise architecture; Enterprise models; Functional analysis; Quantitative analysis