Conceptual Modelling
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Sourcing is evolving into a strategic process for organizing and fine-tuning the firm's value chain. Companies need to strategic sourcing in order to survive within the industry, particularly hospitals which are facing rapidly competition... more
This book uses sports as a metaphor for research methods. It focuses on how to use and build frameworks for empirical research. The frameworks are analogous to a "play", which is connected to a unique purpose and directs the movement of... more
With increased globalization and modernization of people’s lives, lifestyle behavior has changed substantially in many countries around the world. This change has brought two key behavior modifications: a reduction in physical activity... more
In this paper, we expose the legal theories underlying two important classes of Legal Core Ontologies and show how these ontologies inherit both limitations and benefits (such as explanatory power) of their underlying theories. We do that... more
By examining the trans-disciplinary neologisms called "terminological junctions" in writings of Arakawa and Gins, one may find adequate conditions for making visible, and perhaps resolving a central paradox in the thinking of Gilles... more
Conceptual models are used in a variety of areas within Computer Science, including Software Engineering, Databases and AI. A major bottleneck in broadening their applicability is the time it takes to build a conceptual model for a new... more
The digitalization of the economy and technological innovations are pushing central banks to investigate new forms of digital money. The concept and design of digital currencies have been investigated by central banks for some time.... more
Data warehouses (DW) play a decisive role in providing analytical information for decision making. Multidimensional modeling is a special approach to modeling data, considered the foundation for building data warehouses. With the... more
Recently, viewpoint resolution methods which make conflicts productive for requirements engineering have gained popularity in organisational information systems. However, when extending such methods beyond organisational boundaries to... more
This paper explores the influence of electronic governance (e-governance) on sustainable development. Using a soft systems methodology, it maps the impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on the decision-making... more
— It is no surprise that the notion of situation is key to situation awareness. The development of the discipline can thus benefit from careful analysis of the notion. In this paper, we approach this by proposing an ontology of situations... more
Corporate Governance: The International Journal of Business in Society, 14 (4): 531-542.
Project-centered learning increasingly demands for communication tools to enhance learners' virtual interaction. In the context of the COOPER EU project a model-based approach has been conceived to support and facilitate the introduction... more
This is my graduate thesis book. My thesis develops systematic methods in interaction design using three case studies. I am focusing on two systematic models - the conceptual model and the mental model. A conceptual model is the model... more
The advent of socio-technical, cyber-physical and artificial intelligence systems has broadened the scope of requirements engineering, which must now deal with new classes of requirements, concerning ethics, privacy and trust. This brings... more
Ontology design patterns have been pointed out as a promising ap- proach for ontology engineering. The goal of this paper is twofold. Firstly, based on well-established works in Software Engineering, we revisit the notion of ontology... more
Literaturauszug aus Frederic Vester: Neuland des Denkens. Vom technokratischen zum kybernetischen Zeitalter, Stuttgart 1980. Disclaimer: Der Literaturauszug wurde rein subjektiv anhand der Interessen des Verfassers (Manfred Bundschuh)... more
War has always been one of the most serious problems of mankind. Although conventional wars are still with us, we have so far succeeded in avoiding an all out nuclear war. Nevertheless, civil wars and terrorism have now replaced classical... more
This paper provides an integrated approach to the analysis of the geological, hydrological and hydrogeological characteristics of the Cape Flats: a coastal plain sand formed within the mountains of the Cape Town metropolitan area. The... more
Every tool builds a conceptual box. This cognitive box means a situation within which the tool is useful. Outside of that context, that particular conceptual box, the tool ignores everything else. Thus, it is useless in its ability to... more
RESUMO O reconhecimento de que a cidade deve ser tratada como problemática multidisciplinar vem sendo sistematicamente reafirmado na literatura. Este reconhecimento remete à importância da maneira como devemos abordar o planejamento deste... more
Vibram's FiveFingers shoes may provide clues to the bodily origins of double-scope conceptual blending, one of the pillars of contemporary cognitive linguistics.
The Unified Foundational Ontology (UFO) was developed over the last two decades by consistently putting together theories from areas such as formal ontology in philosophy, cognitive science, linguistics, and philosophical logics. It... more
As system complexity is on the rise, there is a growing need for standardized building blocks to increase the likelihood of systems’ success. Conceptual modeling is the primary activity required for engineering systems to be understood,... more
As a subsequent step of the conceptual modelling and the information modelling involving the specification of the knowledge content of the decision processes and the involved data imbedded in the information entities, a derivation of the... more
Database and data model evolution cause significant problems in the highly dynamic business environment that we experience these days. To support the rapidly changing data requirements of agile companies, conceptual data models, which... more
This theoretical article aims to draw up an inventory of the latest advances in medical knowledge engineering in the specific area of ontologies and knowledge based systems design. Echoing the debates that animated the landscape of... more
Lo scopo di questa relazione è quello di illustrare come sia possibile creare e far funzionare una piattaforma online basata sulla raccolta di tutti i feedback dei consumatori dell'intero comparto agroalimentare, potenzialmente l'intera... more
As one of the main disciplines, science is very important for people to make sense of their life. The appropriate use of the models in science classrooms to promote children’s understanding, imagination and creativity definitely depends... more
En este trabajo se indagó en aspectos conceptuales y operativos vinculados a la elaboración de instrumentos de gestión patrimonial en Uruguay, poniendo énfasis en los bienes y espacios costeros que se destacan por su contribución al... more
The research focuses upon the development of a simulation conceptual modelling methodology for SCM applications (termed the 'SCM 2 '). The originality of the SCM 2 is that it combines a prescribed procedure for simulation conceptual... more
In conceptual models of Enterprise Architecture, a key component is the model of Business Architecture. The term is frequently used and the concept is well accepted, however in practice definitions of Business Architecture are... more
In this paper, we present a Knowledge Based System for describing and storing dances that takes advantage of the expressivity of Description Logics. We propose exploiting the tools of the Semantic Web Technologies in representing and... more
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