An Evaluation of Inter-Organizational Workflow Modeling Formalisms
This paper evaluates the dynamic aspects of the UML in the context of inter-organizational work/lows. Two evaluation methodologies are used. The...
Applying Learner-Centered Design Principles to UML Sequence Diagrams
The Unified Modeling Language has been shown to be complex and difficult to learn. The difficulty of learning to build the individual diagrams...
Semantics of the MibML Conceptual Modeling Grammar: An Ontological Analysis Using the Bunge-Wang-Weber Framework
A conceptual modeling grammar should be based on the theory of ontology and possess clear ontological semantics to represent...
Dynamic semantics of UML state machines: A metamodeling perspective
A clear understanding of the dynamic semantics of UML State Machines is essential for a large and varied audience such as...
UB2SQL: A Tool for Building Database Applications Using UML and B Formal Method
UB2SQL is a tool for designing and developing database applications using UML and B formal method. The approach supported by UB2SQL...
Formal approaches to systems analysis using UML: An overview
Formalmethods, where by a system is described and/or analyzed using precise mathematical techniques, is a well-established and yet, under-used...
Methodology evaluation framework for component-based system development
Components are already prominent in the implementation and deployment of advanced distributed information systems. Part and parcel of this...
Modeling temporal dynamics for business systems
Research in temporal database management has viewed temporal dynamics from a structural perspective, posing extensions to the entity-relationship (E-R)...
Informational and computational equivalence in comparing information modeling methods
Information modeling methods are key to the success of IS development projects. The problem in the software engineering field...
Applying Ontologies to Business and Systems Modelling Techniques and Perspectives: Lessons Learned
For many years in the area of business systems analysis and design, practitioners and researchers alike have been searching...
