INNOVATIVE INFORMATIONSYSTEMS MODELLINGTECHNIQUES EditedbyChristosKalloniatis Innovative Information Systems Modelling Techniques Edited by Christos Kalloniatis Published by InTech Janeza Trdine 9, 51000 Rijeka, Croatia Copyright © 2012 InTech All chapters are Open Access distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 license, which allows users to download, copy and build upon published articles even for commercial purposes, as long as the author and publisher are properly credited, which ensures maximum dissemination and a wider impact of our publications. After this work has been published by InTech, authors have the right to republish it, in whole or part, in any publication of which they are the author, and to make other personal use of the work. Any republication, referencing or personal use of the work must explicitly identify the original source. 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ISBN 978-953-51-0644-9 Contents Preface IX Chapter 1 Information Systems: From the Requirements to the Integrated Solution 1 José Francisco Zelasco and Judith Donayo Chapter 2 An Architecture-Centric Approach for Information System Architecture Modeling, Enactement and Evolution 15 Hervé Verjus, Sorana Cîmpan and Ilham Alloui Chapter 3 Patterns for Agent-Based Information Systems: A Case Study in Transport 47 Vincent Couturier, Marc-Philippe Huget and David Telisson Chapter 4 Health Care Information Systems: Architectural Models and Governance 71 Paolo Locatelli, Nicola Restifo, Luca Gastaldi and Mariano Corso Chapter 5 Globalization and Socio-Technical Aspects of Information Systems Development 97 Gislaine Camila L. Leal, Elisa H. M. Huzita and Tania Fatima Calvi Tait Chapter 6 Mobile System Applied to Species Distribution Modelling 121 Álvaro Silva, Pedro Corrêa and Carlos Valêncio Chapter 7 World Modeling for Autonomous Systems 135 Andrey Belkin, Achim Kuwertz, Yvonne Fischer and Jürgen Beyerer Chapter 8 Analysis of Interactive Information Systems Using Goals 157 Pedro Valente and Paulo N. M. Sampaio VI Contents Chapter 9 A Scheme for Systematically Selecting an Enterprise Architecture Framework 183 Agnes Owuato Odongo, Sungwon Kang and In-Young Ko Preface Information Systems are the software and hardware systems that support data‐ intensive applications. One of the most critical stages of an Information System development cycle is the System Design stage. During this stage the architecture, components,modules,interfacesandsystemdataaredefinedandmodeledinorderto fulfill the respective requirements that the develope d Information System should meet. For accomplishing this task a number of requirement engineering methodologies have been proposed and presented in the respective literature aiming ontheelicitation,analysisandmodelingofthesystemrequirements. Along with the respective requirement engineering meth od s a number of modeling techniques have been deve loped in order to assist analysts and designers to conceptualise and construct the respective models leading to the successful implementation of the InformationSystem.Anumberofmodels exist for supporting designers and analysts in various actions taking place during design phase like capturing the right concepts, assisting the analysis and desig n of the Information System,systemsimulationaswellasforconstructingmodelinglanguagesforspecific systems. The main types of modeling presented are the agent‐based modeling, the datamodelingandthemathematicalmodeling. However, the rapid development of new Information Infrastructure combined with theincreaseduserneedsinsp ecificareasofInformationTechnology(mostlyrelatedto Webapplications)hascreated theneedfor designingnew modelingtechniquesmore innovative and targeted on specific areas of Information Systems in order to successfully model the rapidly changed environment, along with the newly introducedconceptsanduserrequirements. Therefore,thisbookaimstointro ducereaderstoanumberofinnovative Information modeling techniques, it is titled “Innovative Information Systems Modelling Techniques”andincludes9chapters.Thefocus ison theexploration andcoverage of the innovations of recently presented modeling techniques and their applicability on theInformationSystems’modeling. ChristosKalloniatis DepartmentofCulturalTechnologyandCommu nication,UniversityoftheAegean, Greece