Conceptualizing systems for understanding: An empirical test of decomposition principles in object-oriented analysis

Information Systems Research

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 38-60

  Burton Jones, Andrew ^a   Meso, Peter N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b GEORGIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Conceptual model; Conceptualization; Decomposition; Object oriented; Ontology; Systems analysis; Systems principles; Unified modeling language

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; MODELING LANGUAGES; ONTOLOGY; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONCEPTUALIZATION; DECOMPOSITION MODEL; DECOMPOSITION PRINCIPLES; OBJECT ORIENTED; OBJECT-ORIENTED ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS DEVELOPMENT; SYSTEMS PRINCIPLES;

UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE;

EID: 33645137791     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1050.0079     Document Type: Article

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