Formal measures for semantic interoperability assessment in cooperative enterprise information systems
Computers in IndustryPublished 5 March 2012Open access
Esma Yahia, Alexis Aubry, Hervé Panetto
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A mathematical formalisation of the semantic relationships between CIS conceptual models is proposed and the resulting formal model is analysed for evaluating the lack of interoperability implications to the global information systems shared goals.
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