Improving Model Quality Through Foundational Ontologies: Two Contrasting Approaches to the Representation of Roles
Several foundational ontologies have been developed recently. We examine two of these from the point of view of their...
Challenges in Teaching Conceptual Modeling for Systems Architecting
Systems architecting requires systems architects that are able to understand, reason, communicate and make decisions about system specification and...
Effects of Simulation on Novices’ Understanding of the Concept of Inheritance in Conceptual Modeling
In this paper we present our experience in the experimental development and use of simulation instrument for learning object-oriented...
Reuse of Simulated Cases in Teaching Enterprise Modelling
Case-based teaching/learning is widely used in Information Systems (IS) education in general, and in teaching/learning modeling, in particular. A...
The Importance of Teaching Systematic Analysis for Conceptual Models: An Experience Report
In this paper, we report on our experience in teaching conceptual modeling at a master-level course at the University...
Why Philosophize; Why not Just Model?
Conceptual modelling relies on the availability of good quality modelling languages (MLs). However, many of these MLs have not...
Methodologies for Semi-automated Conceptual Data Modeling from Requirements
Conceptual modeling is the foundation of system analysis and design methodologies. It is challenging because it requires a clear...
Aligning Business Goals and Risks in OSS Adoption
Increasing adoption of Open Source Software (OSS) requires a change in the organizational culture and reshaping IT decision-makers mindset....
Pragmatic Requirements for Adaptive Systems: A Goal-Driven Modeling and Analysis Approach
Goal-models (GM) have been used in adaptive systems engineering for their ability to capture the different ways to fulfill...
Towards a Socio-Institutional Ontology for Conceptual Modelling of Information Systems
Most work on ontologies for conceptual modelling is based on the assumption that conceptual models represent a pre-existing reality,...
