Optimizing Enterprise Architectures Using Linear Integer Programming Techniques

Abstract

Within this paper, we present a technique to optimize the relations between two adjacent layers of Enterprise Architectures (EA). Therefore, we suggest to interpret the constraints between these two layers as triangles, where a needed capability of an upper layer element is realized by a lower layer element. This eases the communication of the optimization model e.g. to the management. Moreover, we propose a mapping between the elements of our technique to the widely accepted ArchiMate notation to enable the application of our technique in existing organizations.