On model-based analysis of organizational structures: an assessment of current modeling approaches and application of multi-level modeling in support of design and analysis of organizational structures

Kinderen, Sybren de; Kaczmarek-Heß, Monika

doi:10.1007/s10270-019-00767-4

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“…A considerable number of publications demonstrated clear advantages of applying multi-level modeling to particular use cases, e.g., [18,27,31,32,44,60,65,67,90,98,100], and supported Atkinson's and Kühne's claim that "there is a strong demand for some kind of technology supporting ontological multi-level modeling" [9, p. 357]. However, while various approaches to multi-level modeling are available, it seems still to be the case what the authors stated 12 years ago: "[…] the software modeling community has not taken advantage of them yet" [9, p. 357].…”

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Multi-level modeling: cornerstones of a rationale

Frank

2022

Softw Syst Model

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This expert voice paper presents a comprehensive rationale of multi-level modeling. It aims not only at a systematic assessment of its prospects, but also at encouraging applications of multi-level modeling in business information systems and at providing a motivation for future research. The assessment is developed from a comparison of multi-level modeling with object-oriented, general-purpose modeling languages (GPMLs) and domain-specific modeling languages (DSMLs). To foster a differentiated evaluation, we propose a multi-perspective framework that accounts, among others, for essential design conflicts, different types of users, as well as economic aspects. Besides the assessment of the additional abstraction offered by multi-level modeling, the evaluation also identifies specific drawbacks and remaining challenges. Based on the results of the comparative assessment, in order to foster the adoption and further development of multi-level modeling, we discuss the prospects of supplementing multi-level modeling languages with multi-level programming languages and suggest possible dissemination strategies customized for different groups of users. The paper concludes with an outline of future research.

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