Physical Database Design: A Decision Support Model
Methods and techniques are available for helping the system development effort at the analysis and logical design stages. Yet,...
A VIEW CREATION SYSTEM FOR DATABASE DESIGN
RESEARCH PROBLEM A user view is a representation of reality relevant to a particular user or group of users...
Effects of Domain Familiarity on Conceptual Modeling Performance
Conceptual modeling is currently considered a significant phase in information systems development. Several modeling grammars and methods have been...
A Unified Fuzzy Data Model: Representation and Processing
A novel fuzzy data representation model which enables data mining with standard tools is introduced. Many data elements in...
Combined Use of Conceptual Models in Practice: An Exploratory Study
Conceptual models are fundamental to system analysis and design. However, the actual usage of conceptual models remains poorly understood,...
The Effects of Construct Redundancy on Readers’ Understanding of Conceptual Models
This paper investigates the effect of construct redundancy on readers’ understanding of conceptual models. Conceptual models play a crucial...
An Ontological Analysis Framework for Domain-Specific Modeling Languages
This article describes how domain-specific modeling languages(DSML) are developed to specifically model certain domains and their phenomena. Over the...
Ontology-Based Structuring of Conceptual Data Modeling Patterns
Thisresearch note showsthat the scope of conceptual data modeling patterns can be identified, clarified, and explicitly represented by positioning...
Improving Sequence Diagram Modeling Performance: A Technique Based on Chunking, Ordering, and Patterning
The Unified Modeling Language (UML) has become the de facto standard for object-oriented software development. It has been widely...
Data Modeling: An Ontological Perspective of Pointers
Research on ontology and conceptual data modeling builds on the premise that the world could be represented in terms...
