| Article ID: | iaor199550 |
| Country: | Switzerland |
| Volume: | 51 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 299 |
| End Page Number: | 311 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1994 |
| Journal: | Annals of Operations Research |
| Authors: | Michalewski Edward |
| Keywords: | computers: information, information |
The study of the methodology of computer-aided DIAgnostic ANAlysis and design of management systems (DIANA) has been in progress at the Systems Research Institute for many years. The most significant element of this methodology is a formal model of an organization under investigation. Computer implementation of such a model has turned out to be a very difficult problem. The paper presents an attempt at solving it.