Using Object Concepts and UML for Conceptual Modeling
Developing an understanding of the application domain is a critical aspect of system development. A conceptual model is a...
Towards Obtaining Analysis-Level Class and Use Case Diagrams from Business Process Models
Nowadays, business process modeling, using industrial standards such as UML or BPMN, offers us a good opportunity to incorporate...
Improving Automatic UML2 Profile Generation for MDA Industrial Development
In the context of MDA-oriented solutions, a modeling language with a precise semantics is a mandatory requirement. Even though...
A UML Profile for Modelling Measurable Requirements
In the last years, the need for a sound integration of the requirements engineering discipline with the model driven...
A Comprehensive Aspect-Oriented Use Case Method for Modeling Complex Business Requirements
The aspect-oriented approach separates cross-cutting concerns and models them as aspects. In this paper, we present a comprehensive aspect-oriented...
Modeling Associations through Intensional Attributes
Attributes, a.k.a. slots or properties, are the main mechanism used to define associations between concepts or individuals modeling real...
Modeling Concept Evolution: A Historical Perspective
The world is changing, and so must the data that describes its history. Not surprisingly, considerable research effort has...
FOCIH: Form-Based Ontology Creation and Information Harvesting
Creating an ontology and populating it with data are both labor-intensive tasks requiring a high degree of expertise. Thus,...
Specifying Valid Compound Terms in Interrelated Faceted Taxonomies
In previous work, we proposed an algebra whose operators allow to specify the valid compound terms of a faceted...
Conceptual Modeling in Disaster Planning Using Agent Constructs
A disaster plan contains rules to be used by responders to deal with a disaster and save lives. Usually,...
