Conceptual independence: A design principle for the construction of adaptive information systems
This paper examines the problem of conceptual dependence, the coupling of software applications׳ internal structures and logic with their...
Reasoning about UML/OCL class diagrams using constraint logic programming and formula
Model Driven Engineering promotes the use of models as the main artifacts in software and system development. Verification and...
Modeling languages for business processes and business rules: A representational analysis
Process modeling and rule modeling languages are both used to document organizational policies and procedures. To date, their synergies...
Comprehending 3D and 4D ontology-driven conceptual models: An empirical study
This paper presents an empirical study that investigates the extent to which the pragmatic quality of ontology-driven models is...
Comparing traditional conceptual modeling with ontology-driven conceptual modeling: An empirical study
This paper conducts an empirical study that explores the differences between adopting a traditional conceptual modeling (TCM) technique and...
Incorporating ontology-based semantics into conceptual modelling
With the increasing complexity of applications and user needs, recent research has shifted from a data-information level to a...
Metainformation scenarios in Digital Humanities: Characterization and conceptual modelling strategies
Requirements for the analysis, interpretation and reuse of information are becoming more and more ambitious as we generate larger...
Towards a complete conceptual model: Petri nets and entity-relationship diagrams
The paper shows how entity-relationship (E-R) diagrams and high-level Petri nets can system-atically be synthesized into rigorous, yet graphic...
Linked Open Models: Extending Linked Open Data with conceptual model information
As the uptake of the Semantic Web vision has been relatively slow, a strategy based on pragmatic steps is...
From conceptual models to schemata: An object-process-based data warehouse construction method
Data warehouse modeling is a complex task, which involves knowledge of business processes of the domain of discourse, understanding...
