The measurement of perceived ontological deficiencies of conceptualmodeling grammars
Over recent years, many scholars have studied the conceptual modeling of information sys-tems based on a theory of ontological...
Modeling events as entities in object-orientedconceptual modeling languages
Most current conceptual modeling languages and methods do not model events as entities. We arguethat, at least in object-oriented...
Design and implementation of ETL processes using BPMN and relational algebra
Extraction, transformation, and loading (ETL) processes are used to extract data from internaland external sources of an organization, transform...
A method for the definition of integrity constraints inobject-oriented conceptual modeling languages
We propose a new method that eases the definition of integrity constraints in object-oriented conceptual modeling lan-guages. The essence...
How do practitioners use conceptual modeling in practice?
Much research has been devoted over the years to investigating and advancing the techniques and toolsused by analysts when...
A complete set of guidelines for naming UML conceptualschema elements
We focus on the problem of naming conceptual schema elements in UML, which is faced byconceptual modelers every time...
Insights into enterprise conceptual modeling
Business analysts, business architects, and solution consultants use a variety of practices andmethods in their quest to understand business....
Improving the quality of conceptual modeling usingcognitive mapping techniques
Conceptual modeling involves the understanding and communication between system analysts and end-users. Many factors may affect the quality of...
Towards an accurate functional size measurement procedurefor conceptual models in an MDA environment
The accurate measurement of the functional size of applications that are automaticallygenerated in MDA environments is a challenge for...
Evaluating quality of conceptual modelling scripts basedon user perceptions
This paper presents the development of a user evaluations based quality model for conceptual modelling scripts applyingSeddon’s variant of...
