In recent years it has been shown that the secure exchange of medical information
significantly benefits people's life quality, improving their care and treatment. The …

Contemporary software systems, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Industry 4.0, and Smart
Cities are new technology paradigms that offer challenges for their construction since they …

To engineer the modern large, complex, interdisciplinary systems-of-systems (SoS), the
collaborative world teams must “speak” the same language and must work on the same …

After a period where implementation speed was more important than integration,
consistency and reduction of complexity, architectural considerations have become a key …

In practice, many different people with backgrounds in many different disciplines contribute
to the design of an enterprise. Anyone who makes decisions to change the current …

Software architectures capture the most significant properties and design constraints of
software systems. Thus, modifications to a system that violate its architectural principles can …

This paper presents a literature analysis considering 126 references to support a common
terminology in the discipline of Enterprise Architecture (EA). In a first step, it surveys EA …

A product or system development process is a kind of complex system, arguably even more
complex than the system it produces. Yet, the models and tools used by systems engineers …

Backgrounds Nowadays developing smart and fast services for patients and transforming
hospitals to modern hospitals is considered a necessity. Living in the world inundated with …

Enterprise architecture (EA) frameworks offer principles, models, and guidance to help one
develop an EA program. Due to EA's flexible and abstract nature, there is a proliferation of …