From expert discipline to common practice: a vision and research agenda for extending the reach of enterprise modeling

K Sandkuhl, HG Fill, S Hoppenbrouwers… - Business & Information …, 2018 - Springer
The benefits of enterprise modeling (EM) and its contribution to organizational tasks are
largely undisputed in business and information systems engineering. EM as a discipline has …

Information systems as representations: A review of the theory and evidence

J Recker, M Indulska, P Green… - Journal of the …, 2019 - aisel.aisnet.org
Abstract Representation theory proposes that the basic purpose of an information system
(IS) is to faithfully represent certain real-world phenomena, allowing users to reason about …

Assessing representation theory with a framework for pursuing success and failure

A Burton-Jones, J Recker, M Indulska, P Green… - MIS quarterly, 2017 - JSTOR
Representation theory (RT) is one of few long-standing, native theories in the Information
Systems discipline. Over the past 30 years, RT has spawned a wide program of research …

Comparing traditional conceptual modeling with ontology-driven conceptual modeling: An empirical study

M Verdonck, F Gailly, R Pergl, G Guizzardi, B Martins… - Information Systems, 2019 - Elsevier
This paper conducts an empirical study that explores the differences between adopting a
traditional conceptual modeling (TCM) technique and an ontology-driven conceptual …

Insights on the use and application of ontology and conceptual modeling languages in ontology-driven conceptual modeling

M Verdonck, F Gailly - … Modeling: 35th International Conference, ER 2016 …, 2016 - Springer
In this paper, we critically survey the existing literature in ontology-driven conceptual
modeling in order to identify the kind of research that has been performed over the years …

Ontology-driven conceptual modeling: A systematic literature mapping and review

M Verdonck, F Gailly, S De Cesare… - Applied Ontology, 2015 - content.iospress.com
Ontology-driven conceptual modeling (ODCM) is still a relatively new research domain in
the field of information systems and there is still much discussion on how the research in …

Visual analytics for exploring topic long-term evolution and detecting weak signals in company targeted tweets

L Pépin, P Kuntz, J Blanchard, F Guillet… - Computers & Industrial …, 2017 - Elsevier
Business decision support tools, including social media data analysis, are required to help
managers better understand trends and customer opinions. This paper presents a visual …

Thirty years later: some reflections on ontological analysis in conceptual modeling

Y Wand, R Weber - Journal of Database Management (JDM), 2017 - igi-global.com
The idea that ontological theories could be used to provide a theoretical basis for evaluating
conceptual-modeling grammars and scripts was initiated some thirty years ago. The authors …

Making data meaningful: The business intelligence model and its formal semantics in description logics

J Horkoff, A Borgida, J Mylopoulos, D Barone… - On the Move to …, 2012 - Springer
Business Intelligence (BI) offers great opportunities for strategic analysis of current and
future business operations; however, existing BI tools typically provide data-oriented …

[PDF][PDF] Towards a coherent enterprise modelling landscape

M Bjekovic, E Proper, JS Sottel - 2012 - repository.ubn.ru.nl
When modelling enterprises, for instance as part of an enterprise (re) engineering effort, one
typically uses a range of models. These models differ in their intended purpose in terms of …