A GENERIC METRIC FOR MEASURING COMPLEXITY OF MODELS

In recent years, various object and process oriented modelling methods were developed to support the process of modelling in enterprises. When applying these methods, graphical models are generated and used to depict various aspects of enterprise architectures. Concerning this, surveys analyzing modelling languages in different ways were conducted. In many cases these surveys include experimental data collection methods. At this juncture the complexity of concrete models often affects output of these studies. To ensure complexity value comparability of different models, a generic metric for measuring complexity of models is proposed.