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Ontologies for Enterprise Modelling

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An Enterprise Model is a computational representation of the structure, activities, processes, information, resources, people, behaviour, goals and constraints of a business, government, or other enterprise. It can be both descriptive and definitional spanning what is and what should be. The role of an enterprise model is to achieve model-driven enterprise design, analysis and operation.

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  1. Enterprise Integration Laboratory, Dept. of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, 4 Taddle Creek Road, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3G9, Canada

    M. S. Fox & M. Grüninger

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  1. CIMOSA Association, Stockholmer Str. 7, D-71034, Böblingen, Germany

    Kurt Kosanke

  2. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Bldg. 220, Gaithersburg, MD, 20899, USA

    James G. Nell

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Fox, M.S., Grüninger, M. (1997). Ontologies for Enterprise Modelling. In: Kosanke, K., Nell, J.G. (eds) Enterprise Engineering and Integration. Research Reports Esprit. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-60889-6_22

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