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Using Formal Measures to Improve Maturity Model Assessment for Conceptual Interoperability

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To handle challenges such as globalization, new technologies and fast-changing environments, enterprises are progressively collaborating with others and becoming part of a Networked. In this context, Enterprise Interoperability (EI) is a crucial requirement that needs to be respected by enterprises when starting a collaborative relationship. As soon as this requirement is not achieved, EI becomes a problem that must be solved. To avoid these problems and consequently, take corrective actions on time, enterprises need to predict and solve potential problems before they occur. The Maturity Model for Enterprise Interoperability (MMEI) was proposed to assess the interoperability potential of an enterprise as well as to help enterprises evaluating the suitability of partners in an interoperability context. However, this method has some inconveniences such as the lack of formal definitions specifying the boundaries between each maturity level. Hence the objective of this paper is to formalize the MMEI maturity levels boundaries by defining formal measures. Finally, a case study is proposed to validate the defined measures.

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This work has been conducted in the context of the PLATINE project (PLAnning Transformation Interoperability in Networked Enterprises), financed by the national fund of research of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (FNR), under the grant C14/IS/8329172.

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    Gabriel S. S. Leal, Hervé Panetto & Mario Lezoche

  2. Université de Lorraine, CRAN UMR 7039, Boulevard des Aiguillettes, B.P. 70239, 54506, Vandœuvre-lès-Nancy, France

    Gabriel S. S. Leal, Hervé Panetto & Mario Lezoche

  3. ITIS, TSS, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 5, avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, 4362, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

    Gabriel S. S. Leal, Wided Guédria & Erik Proper

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Leal, G.S.S., Guédria, W., Panetto, H., Proper, E., Lezoche, M. (2017). Using Formal Measures to Improve Maturity Model Assessment for Conceptual Interoperability. In: Ciuciu, I., et al. On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2016 Workshops. OTM 2016. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10034. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-55961-2_5

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