Contextualization as an independent abstraction mechanism for conceptual modeling

Information Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 24-60

  Analyti, Anastasia ^a   Theodorakis, Manos ^b   Spyratos, Nicolas ^c   Constantopoulos, Panos ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

^b KOMVOS   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Abstraction mechanisms; Conceptual modeling; Contextualization; Inference rules; Model theory; Viewpoints

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTION MECHANISMS; CONCEPTUAL MODELING; CONTEXTUALIZATION; INFERENCE RULES; MODEL THEROY;

ABSTRACTING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INFERENCE ENGINES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SET THEORY;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 33749567707     PISSN: 03064379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.is.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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