A framework for model integration and holistic modelling of socio-technical systems
Authors: Wu, Paul Pao-Yen; Fookes, Clinton; Pitchforth, Jegar; Mengersen, Kerrie
Journal: Decision Support Systems (2015)
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2015.01.006
This paper presents a lavered framework for the purposes of integrating different socio-technical systems (STS models and perspectives into a whole-of-systems model. Holistic modelling plays a critical role in the engineering of STS due to the interplay between social and technical elements within these systems and resulting emergent behaviour. The framework decomposes STS models into components, where each component is either a static obiect. dynamic object or behavioural object. Based on existing literature, a classi<fi>cation of the different elements that make up STS, whether it be a social, technical or a natural environment element, is developed; each object can in turn be classi<fi>ed according to the STS elements it represents. Using the proposed framework, it is possible to systematically decompose models to an extent such that points of interface can be identi<fi>ed and the contextual factors required in transforming the component of one model to interface into another are obtained Using an airport inbound passenger facilitation process as a case study socio-technical system, three different models are analysed: a Business Process Modelling Notation (BPMN) model, Hybrid…