@inproceedings{738dbd764d62401abc54d6aaf10de484,
title = "Collaborative building of an ontology of key performance indicators",
abstract = "In the present paper we propose a logic model for the representation of Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) that supports the construction of a valid reference model (or KPI ontology) by enabling the integration of definitions proposed by different engineers in a minimal and consistent system. In detail, the contribution of the paper is as follows: (i) we combine the descriptive semantics of KPIs with a logical representation of the formula used to calculate a KPI, allowing to make the algebraic relationships among indicators explicit; (ii) we discuss how this representation enables reasoning over KPI formulas to check equivalence of KPIs and overall consistency of the set of indicators, and present an empirical study on the efficiency of the reasoning; (iii) we present a prototype implementing the approach to collaboratively manage a shared ontology of KPI definitions.",
author = "Claudia Diamantini and Laura Genga and Domenico Potena and Emanuele Storti",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-662-45563-0_9",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-3-662-45562-3",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "148--165",
editor = "{Meersman }, Robert and Panetto, { Herve'} and Tharam Dillon and Michele Missikoff and Lin Liu and Oscar Pastor and Alfredo Cuzzocrea and Timos Sellis",
booktitle = "On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2014 Conferences.",
address = "Germany",
note = "On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems 2014 ; Conference date: 27-10-2014 Through 31-10-2014",
}