Contribution to Enterprise Intelligent Systems Architecture: Assumptions, Expectations and a Proposal

Abdessamad Mouzoune

QSM Laboratory-CEDOC/EMI, Mohammed V University, Rabat, Morocco.

DOI: 10.4236/iim.2012.46035                

Abstract

Currently, enterprise intelligent systems are built without expressed assumptions likely to enable harmonizing the field and correctly attributing the intelligence label to enterprise systems within the way they are built. In the present paper we propose three base assumptions for an enterprise intelligent system architecture as related to 1) Cognitive Enterprise, 2) Embodied Cognition and 3) Agent Paradigm. The aim is to open up possibility to deal with intelligence at the early stages of enterprise architecture and related disciplines such as system engineering and software development. In addi-tion, we suggest possible expectations from Enterprise Intelligent Systems Architecture and propose an architectural frame based on the cognitive architecture CogAff. Compared with similar works, we noted differences in the fact that our work takes into consideration the cognitive aspect of the firm and the general aspect of intelligence.

Keywords

Enterprise Intelligent Systems Architecture; Cognitive Enterprise; Embodied Cognition; Agent Paradigm; CogAff

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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