A Relational View of Activities for Systems Analysis and Design
Decision support research has emphasized, traditionally, ~roblem analysis and the use of models in problem solving Lasks. Only few...
Enabling flexible location-aware business process modeling and execution
Business process management (BPM) has emerged as one of the abiding systematic management approaches in order to design, execute...
Database design in the modern organization—identifying robust structures under changing query patterns and arrival...
We summarize the problem tackled here in the following way: Given a modern database application environment, how can we...
The use of a knowledge-based system in conceptual data modeling
Based on a study of the data modeling process of novice designers, and the errors they commit, a knowledge-based...
A Modular User-Oriented Decision Support for Physical Database Design
A decision support package for the design of indexes in a relational database environment is presented. It originates from...
Modeling deductive information systems using ERM
Today traditional information systems and deductive systems are modeled and implemented separately. Most users, however, demand integrated systems which...
Referential integrity quality metrics
Referential integrity is an essential global constraint in a relational database, that maintains it in a complete and consistent...
An XML-based schema definition for model sharing and reuse in a distributed environment
This research leverages the inherent synergy between structured modeling and the eXtensible Markup Language (XML) to facilitate model sharing...
A case study on process modelling — Three questions and three techniques
In this case study we compare three process modelling techniques in order to find common concepts and to identify...
Bridging the gap between decision-making and emerging big data sources: An application of a...
With the emergence of big data and new data sources, a challenge posed to today’s organizations consists of identifying...
