Enterprise Integration and Modeling: The Metadatabase Approach

1 Information-Integrated Enterprises.- 1.1 Information Enterprises and New Enterprises.- 1.2 Enterprise Information Management.- 1.3 The Metadatabase Technology.- 2 Systems Analysis and Design.- 2.1 A Systems Development Framework.- 2.2 Systems Analysis Techniques.- 2.3 Information Management Technology.- 3 Examples of Information Modeling.- 3.1 The Modeling Methodology.- 3.2 A Simple Hospital Example.- 3.3 An Object-Oriented Example.- 3.4 A Banking Example.- 3.5 A Cim Example.- 3.6 A Project Management Example.- 4 An Enterprise Modeling Method.- 4.1 Meta-Model: The Conceptual Schema for Integrated Multi-Model Environments.- 4.2. The Two-Stage Entity-Relationship (Tser) Approach to Meta-Models.- 4.3. Basic Mapping Algorithms of Tser.- 4.4. Paradigm Translation: The Step/Express Case.- 4.5. Information Integration Using Meta-Models.- 5 The Metadatabase Model.- 5.1 The Basic Concept of the Metadatabase Model.- 5.2 The Basic Design.- 5.3 Possible Implementations.- 6 Demonstration of a Metadatabase.- 6.1 The Metadatabase Prototype.- 6.2 Metadatabase System Functionality.- 6.3 Detailed Presentation of The Three Modes.- 6.4 Conclusions.- 7 The Enterprise Schema.- 7.1 The Global Information Resources Dictionary (Gird).- 7.2 Gird Implementation: A Metadatabase.- 7.3 Unique Properties Of The Gird Model.- 8 The Global Query System.- 8.1 Model Assisted Global Query.- 8.2 The Conceptual Model.- 8.3 The Execution Model.- 8.4 Analysis.- 9 Adaptive Concurrent Architecture.- 9.1 Concurrent Architectures for Adaptive Integration.- 9.2 Rope: A New Software Method for Eim.- 9.3 The Operation of Rope.- 9.4 Implementation: A Laboratory Eim.- 9.5 Satisfaction of Eim Requirements.- 10 Manufacturing Integration.- 10.1 Information Management for Manufacturing Enterprise Integration.- 10.2 Prototypical Manufacturing Information Systems.- 10.3 Integration Using The Metadatabase Model.- 10.4 The Procedure of Systems Development Using The Core Information Model.- 10.5. Conclusion.- 11 Visual Information Universe.- 11.1 The Concept Of 4-D Information Visualization.- 11.2 The Conceptual Model of Viu.- 11.3 Basic Design of Viu.- 11.4 Comparison.- 11.5 Conclusion.