Analysing design-oriented dialogues: A case study in conceptual data modelling

Design Studies

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 43-66

  Parent, Anne ^a  

^a NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Conceptual design; Design tools; Expert systems; Question answering; Research methods

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; DESIGN AIDS; EXPERT SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; SPECIFICATIONS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CONCEPTUAL DATA MODELLING; CONCEPTUAL DESIGN; DESIGN ORIENTED DIALOGUES; QUESTION ANSWERING;

DATA STRUCTURES;

EID: 0030733283     PISSN: 0142694X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0142-694x(96)00017-8     Document Type: Article

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