WordNet++: A lexicon for the Color-X-method
In this article we discuss what kind of information can be obtained from WordNet and what kind of information should...
Using NNF to transform conceptual data models to object-oriented database designs
More work is needed on devising practical, but theoretically well-founded procedures for doing object-oriented database (OODB) design . Design...
Reconciling requirement-driven data warehouses with data sources via multidimensional normal forms
Successful data warehouse (DW) design needs to be based upon a requirement analysis phase in order to adequately represent...
MeDEA: A database evolution architecture with traceability
One of the most important challenges that software engineers (designers, developers) still have to face in their everyday work...
Performance evaluation of the object-relational transformation methodology
The emergence of the object-oriented (OO) methodology has shown its capabilities in modelling the real world better than the...
Deriving semantic information through property covering and inheritance
Covering is a well known relationship in semantic and object-oriented data models. Covering holds when a class is the...
A knowledge representation of the beginning of the innovation process: The Front End of...
The initial phase of the innovation process is widely accepted as an important driver of positive results for new...
From textual scenarios to a conceptual schema
Scenarios are a very popular means for describing and analyzing behavioral aspects on the level of natural language. In...
An ontology-based approach to knowledge representation for Computer-Aided Control System Design
Different approaches have been used in order to represent and build control engineering concepts for the computer. Software applications...
An analysis of ontologies and their success factors for application to business
Ontologies have been less successful than they could be in large-scale business applications due to a wide variety of...
