Ontological modeling rules for UML: An empirical assessment

Journal of Computer Information Systems

Volumn 46, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 14-29

  Evermann, Joerg ^a   Wand, Yair ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analysis; Design concepts; Methodologies; Object oriented design methods; Ontology; Specification

Indexed keywords

ONTOLOGY; SOFTWARE DESIGN; SPECIFICATIONS; UNIFIED MODELING LANGUAGE;

ANALYSIS; DESIGN CONCEPT; EMPIRICAL ASSESSMENT; METHODOLOGIES; OBJECT ORIENTED DESIGN METHODS; OBJECT-ORIENTED INFORMATION SYSTEMS; ONTOLOGICAL MODELING; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 33751572016     PISSN: 08874417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08874417.2006.11645922     Document Type: Article

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