The association construct in conceptual modelling - An analysis using the Bunge ontological model

Lecture Notes in Computer Science

Volumn 3520, Issue , 2005, Pages 33-47

  Evermann, Joerg ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; SEMANTICS;

CASE STUDY; CONCEPTUAL MODELING; ONTOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; ONTOLOGY;

INFORMATION ANALYSIS;

EID: 25144457938     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1007/11431855_4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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