Abstract
Article history: Received October 5, 2011 Received in Revised form January, 4, 2012 Accepted 5 January 2012 Available online 6 January 2012 C4ISR framework describes architecture in three views of information architecture and defines a set of products, which are main outputs of enterprise architecture design. Formats and templates, which are presented for C4ISR products, cannot describe uncertainty in process or data. Meanwhile, uncertainty in many information systems is unavoidable and using the concept of fuzzy numbers in architecture design helps architects handle uncertainty in process and data of organization. In this paper, we present a new template based on fuzzy-UML concept for some of C4ISR products such as Logical Data Model (OV-7), Operational Event/Trace Description (OV-6c) and Systems Event/Trace Description (SV-10c). To explain further, fictional Fast Pass system used at OilCo gas stations is used to demonstrate details of our proposed model. © 2012 Growing Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Highlights
The Command, Control, Communications, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Architecture Framework, Version 2.0, developed by the U.S Department of Defense (DoD) C4ISR Architecture Working Group, provides guidance for describing architectures (AWG, 1997)
We present a new template based on fuzzy-UML concept for some of C4ISR products such as Logical Data Model (OV-7), Operational Event/Trace Description (OV-6c) and Systems Event/Trace Description (SV-10c)
There are many capabilities associated with these methods and templates, but they cannot describe uncertainty in enterprise architecture, which is the case for many real-world applications
Summary
C4ISR framework describes enterprise architecture with its products and for each of the C4ISR product special template has been presented. In addition to the ability of UML diagrams, Fuzzy-UML diagrams has the ability to describe uncertain concepts With this method, the uncertainty in the data and process of enterprise architecture, which are inevitable requirements of the users will be considered and described. We first explain C4ISR Framework and Fuzzy-UML diagram that need for our idea, and we will present our idea that is new templates for C4ISR products. Common products (descriptive models) and data: To consistent and integrated linkages among its various views These products are the main outputs of enterprise architecture design. High-level guidance: how to use the Framework to describe architecture
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