Estimating a metric related to a service demand using a defined framework

An electronic apparatus for estimating a metric related to a service demand, said electronic apparatus comprising:

• at least one module to,
• define a framework to be used in evaluating a services ecosystem or a services infrastructure, said framework comprising a matrix of elements, wherein the elements comprise a plurality of services and a plurality of services components that are useable in delivering at least one of the plurality of services, wherein the matrix comprises rows and columns, and wherein producers of the plurality of services and the plurality of services components are included in the rows and consumers of the plurality of services and the plurality of services components are included in the columns;
• determine dependencies between the matrix elements using initialization data;
• populate the matrix of elements with coefficients that indicate the determined dependencies between the matrix elements;
• and
• estimate the metric related to the service demand through use of the framework;
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• a processor to implement the at least one module.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium on which is stored machine readable instructions that when executed by a processor, implement a method for estimating a metric related to a service demand, said machine readable instructions comprising code to:

• define a framework to be used in evaluating a services ecosystem or a services infrastructure, said framework comprising a matrix of elements, wherein the elements comprise a plurality of services and a plurality of services components that are usable in delivering at least one of the plurality of services;
• determining dependencies between the matrix elements using initialization data;
• map the service demand to a similar one of the plurality of services listed in the matrix of elements;
• estimate a metric related to the similar one of the plurality of services listed in the matrix of elements;
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• estimate the metric related to the service demand to be substantially equivalent to the metric related to the similar one of the plurality of services listed in the matrix of elements.