Research commentary: Information systems and conceptual modeling - A research agenda

Information Systems Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 363-376

  Wand, Yair ^a   Weber, Ron ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conceptual Modeling; Information Systems Development; Ontology

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; ENTERPRISE RESOURCE PLANNING; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH;

CONCEPTUAL MODELLING;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 0036915268     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.13.4.363.69     Document Type: Article

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