Theorizing the Use of Multiple Conceptual Models in Combination

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dc.contributor.authorRecker, Janen_NZ
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-04T01:19:55Z
dc.date.available2014-12-04T01:19:55Z
dc.date.copyright2014en_NZ
dc.date.issued2014en_NZ
dc.description.abstractConceptual modelling continues to be an important means for graphically capturing the requirements of an information system. Observations of modelling practice suggest that modellers often use multiple conceptual models in combination, because they articulate different aspects of real-world domains. Yet, the available empirical as well as theoretical research in this area has largely studied the use of single models, or single modelling grammars. We develop a theory about the use of multiple conceptual models in combination, by extending an existing theory of ontological expressiveness of conceptual modelling grammars. Our new theory posits that multiple conceptual models are used to increase the maximum coverage of the real-world domain being modelled, whilst trying to minimize the ontological overlap between the models. We illustrate how the theory can be applied to analyse sets of conceptual models. We develop several propositions of the theory about evaluations of model combinations in terms of users’ selection, understandability and usefulness of conceptual models.en_NZ
dc.identifier.citationProceedings of the 25th Australasian Conference on Information Systems, 8th - 10th December, Auckland, New Zealand
dc.identifier.isbn978-1-927184-26-4
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10292/8027
dc.publisherACIS
dc.rights.accessrightsOpenAccess
dc.titleTheorizing the Use of Multiple Conceptual Models in Combinationen_NZ
dc.typeConference Contribution
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