Title
Selecting Distributed Object Technologies in the Presence of Uncertainty: an Experience Report on C4I enterprise modelling
Abstract
The paper reports on the authors' experience gained in deriving a reference model for command, control, communication, computers and intelligence (C41) architectures. The reference model addresses a dilemma faced by organisations today: choosing the right distributed object platform for domain-specific applications. In making such a choice, organisations face both technological and market uncertainty arising from the availability of multiple middleware platforms and the lack of mature distributed object solutions for specific domains. They present a general methodology to addresses both of these uncertainties. This methodology provides a basis for middleware-neutral specification of vertical domain architectures based on Reference Model Open Distributed Processing (RM-ODP). They investigate the problem of mapping such a specification onto the capabilities of commercial middleware products. To address market uncertainty, the methodology incorporates results from the field of strategic planning embraced by many large enterprises-a scenario planning technique. They have successfully applied this methodology for several large corporations in Australia, including Australian Defence Forces (ADF)
Year
DOI
Venue
1997
10.1109/EDOC.1997.628366
Gold Coast, Qld.
Keywords
Field
DocType
multiple middleware platform,market uncertainty,c4i enterprise modelling,large corporation,object platform,middleware-neutral specification,large enterprise,general methodology,commercial middleware product,reference model,experience report,object solution,object technologies,business communication,application software,open systems,strategic planning,business,distributed objects,object oriented programming,enterprise modelling,scenario planning,uncertainty,distributed computing,distributed processing,specification,computer architecture,middleware
Middleware,Data mining,Distributed object,Systems engineering,Reference model,Software engineering,Object-oriented programming,Computer science,Scenario planning,Enterprise modelling,Application software,Strategic planning
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
0-8186-8031-8
1
0.38
References 
Authors
1
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Charles Herring15315.23
Zoran Milosevic254854.38
Simon Kaplan326739.77