Informational and Computational Equivalence in Comparing Information Modeling Methods

Journal of Database Management

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 73-86

  Siau, Keng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive psychology; Computational equivalence; Evaluation technique; Human factors; Informational equivalence; Modeling methods

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SYNTACTICS;

INFORMATIONAL EQUIVALENCE; UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE (UML);

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0344687192     PISSN: 10638016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jdm.2004010103     Document Type: Article

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