Toward Formalized Object-Oriented Management Information Systems Analysis
Object-oriented approaches have received attention in management infor- mation systems development due to the advantages over the traditional approaches...
The Influence of Database Structure Representation on Database System Learning and Use
Successfiil use of a computerized database by end users requires both an understanding of the structure of tbe database...
An Empirical Investigation of End-User Query Development: The Effects of Improved Model Expressiveness vs....
Data models provide a map of the components of an information system. Prior research has indicated that more expressive...
Conceptualizing Systems for Understanding: An Empirical Test of Decomposition Principles in Object-Oriented Analysis
During the early phase of systems development, systems analysts often conceptualize the domain under study and represent it in...
Understanding Conceptual Schemas: Exploring the Role of Application and IS Domain Knowledge
Although information systems (IS) problem solving involves knowledge of both the IS and application domains, little attention has been...
Improving Analysis Pattern Reuse in Conceptual Design: Augmenting Automated Processes with Supervised Learning
Conceptual design is an important, but difficult, phase of systems development. Analysis patterns can greatly benefit this phase because...
Research Commentary: Information Systems and Conceptual Modeling–A Research Agenda
Within the information systems field, the task of conceptual modeling involves building a representation of selected phenomena in some...
Should Optional Properties Be Used in Conceptual Modelling? A Theory and Three Empirical Tests
An important feature of some conceptual modelling grammars is the features they provide to allow database designers to show...
Are Attributes Entities? A Study of Database Designers’ Memory Structures
A longstanding debate in the data modeling literature pertains to whether the grammars used to generate conceptual schemas should...
Unravelling Is-a Structures
Is~a relationships are widely recognized as conveying important information for database design. Although these relationships are implicitly hierarchical in...
