Determining the Preferred Representation of Temporal Constraints in Conceptual Models
The need for expressing temporal constraints in conceptual models is well-known, but it is unclear which representation is preferred...
User Perception of Numeric Contribution Semantics for Goal Models: An Exploratory Experiment
Goal models have long been regarded to be an effective way for representing stakeholder goals and how they relate...
On the Impact of the Model-Based Representation of Inconsistencies to Manual Reviews
To ensure fulfilling stakeholder wishes, it is crucial to validate the documented requirements. This is often complicated by the...
An Experimental Evaluation of the Understanding of Safety Compliance Needs with Models
Context: Most safety-critical systems have to fulfil compliance needs specified in safety standards. These needs can be difficult to...
Cardinality Constraints with Probabilistic Intervals
Probabilistic databases accommodate well the requirements of modern applications that produce large volumes of uncertain data from a variety...
Mining Goal Refinement Patterns: Distilling Know-How from Data
Goal models play an important role by providing a hierarchic representation of stakeholder intent, and by providing a representation...
Contextual Keys
Much work has been done on extending the relational model of data to encompass incomplete information. In particular, a...
Goal-Oriented Regulatory Intelligence: How Can Watson Analytics Help?
Regulations are introduced by governments to ensure the well-being, safety, and other societal needs of citizens and enterprises. Governments...
A Comprehensive Formal Theory for Multi-level Conceptual Modeling
Multi-level modeling extends the conventional two-level classification scheme to deal with subject domains in which classes are also considered...
An Alternative Approach to Metainformation Conceptualisation and Use
The growing needs to analyse and interpret large amounts of complex information has generalised the use of information about...
