Representing Part-Whole Relations in Conceptual Modeling: An Empirical Evaluation
Authors: Graeme Shanks, Elizabeth Tansley, Jasmina Nuredini, Daniel Tobin, Ron Weber
The part-of construct is a...
Using Cognitive Principles to Guide Classification in Information Systems Modeling
Authors: Jeffrey Parsons, Yair Wand
Organizing phenomena into classes is a pervasive human activity. The ability to...
An Investigation on the Systematic Implementation of Social Media in Higher Education
The use of social media is prevalent in our daily lives, whether at the coffee shop, the...
Toward a framework for making theoretical contributions using categories in IS
As part of doing research, scientists, including information systems researchers, ceaselessly propose new, apply existing or refine...
Inferring an Ontology from Object Membership
We propose an approach for building hierarchical ontology structures based purely on a set of category labels,...
Applications of SQL versus NoSQL Systems
Many papers have been written discussing both Relational and Non-Relational Database Management Systems (DBMS). The focus of...
Software Architecture Transitions and Their Impact on the Software Organizations: A Comparative Field Study
Software architecture, if properly chosen and implemented, shapes organizational operations and if properly aligned with proper skills...
An Algorithm to Create Multiple Conceptual Models from User Stories
While Agile methodologies are commonly used in software development, researchers have identified many issues related to requirements elicitation...
Exploring the Effects of Extensional Versus Intensional Representations on Domain Understanding
Cognitive research suggests that understanding the semantics, or the meaning, of representations involves both ascension from concrete concepts denoting...
Expecting the Unexpected: Effects of Data Collection Design Choices on the Quality of Crowdsourced...
Authors: Roman Lukyanenko, Jeffrey Parsons, Yolanda F. Wiersma, and Mahed Maddah
As crowdsourced user-generated content becomes an...
