Extended Ambient Calculus BasedVirtual Organization Modeling and Analyzing
CAI Guo-Yong 1,2, GAO Ji1, HUANG Yong1, ZHAO Ling-Zhong2
1.School of Computer and Software, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou 3100272. School of Computer and Control, Guilin University of Electronic Science and Technology, Guilin 541004
Abstract A method of ambient calculus design and analysis is proposed based on the organizational management theory, and its syntax and semantics are presented. An electronic institutional model is mapped to construct the extended ambient calculus and a concrete case is presented to show the feasibility of the proposed method. The characteristic of the method is incorporating organizational concepts to the ambient calculus such as role, policy, actor and unit. Thus, the high level domain concept model can evolve into the design model smoothly in system development.
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