Applying Ontologies to Business and Systems Modelling Techniques and Perspectives: Lessons Learned

Journal of Database Management

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 105-117

  Green, Peter ^a,c   Rosemann, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bunge Wand Weber model; Modelling techniques; Ontology

Indexed keywords

FORMAL LANGUAGES; REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

BUNGE-WAND-WEBER MODEL; MODELING TECHNIQUES; ONTOLOGY;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 1542303686     PISSN: 10638016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jdm.2004040105     Document Type: Article

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