Enterprise Systems are cas
nBusiness
entities are examples of complex adaptive systems.
nModification
time is on the order of months or years, roughly
time required to change software.
nAutomating
business processes renders parts of the business
in software.
nBusiness
systems have severely constrained rule sets,
making ideal test bed for cas concepts.
Sutherland, Jeff and van den Heuvel, Willem-Jan (2002)
Developing and integrating enterprise
components and services: Enterprise application integration and complex adaptive systems. Communications of the ACM 45:10:59-64.