Enterprise modelling and QoS for command and control systems

This paper presents an approach for enterprise modelling of complex command and control systems. This approach is based on the use of ODP enterprise language concepts (communities, roles, enterprise objects, policies, and contracts), augmented with enterprise-related Quality of Service (QoS) descriptions. These descriptions are based on the ODP QoS statements, namely QoS capabilities, QoS requirements, QoS offers, QoS contracts, and QoS observations. We then present a set of practical guidelines for applying such an extended ODP enterprise viewpoint terminology. The use of these guidelines is illustrated by an example of a command and control system for oil-platform disaster operations. We describe the main communities involved, their roles and policies, as well as key QoS statements for these communities. UML notation is used to represent the concepts described throughout the paper.