Organizational Modeling in CommonKADS: The Emergency Medical Service

• Behavior-oriented modeling1: The modeler builds a model that exhibits dynamic behavior through simulation of the organization. • Analysis-oriented modeling: The modeler uses a set of related descriptors that enables a structured representation of an organization’s salient features, but that excludes simulation of the organization’s behavior. The emphasis is on analysis and diagnosis. (The best term is probably “diagnostic modeling.” However, to avoid confusion with medical diagnosis, which is another major topic in this article, we’ll use “analysis-oriented modeling.”)