From BPMN process models to DMN decision models
The interplay between process and decision models plays a crucial role in business process management, as decisions may be...
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...
The OO-method approach for information systems modeling: from object-oriented conceptual modeling to automated programming
Current and future (conventional) notations used in Conceptual Modeling Techniques should have a precise (formal) semantics to provide a...
Enterprise modeling and Data Warehousing in Telecom Italia
We present a methodology for Data Warehouse design and its application within the Telecom Italia information system. The methodology...
A conceptual modelling formalism for temporal database applications
Arguably the most critical of all activities in the development of an information system is that of requirements modelling....
Validating conceptual specifications through model execution
Traditional information modelling methods have been concerned with the important task of checking whether a model correctly and adequately...
The time dimension in conceptual modelling
In recent years there has been a growing interest in the explicit introduction of time modelling in a conceptual...
From UML/OCL to SBVR specifications: A challenging transformation
UML is currently the most widely used modeling language for the specification of the conceptual schema (CS) of an...