Cognitive evaluation of information modeling methods

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 455-474

  Siau, Keng ^a   Wang, Yuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cognition; Information modeling methods; Methods evaluation

Indexed keywords

COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; DATA REDUCTION; DATA STRUCTURES; MAPPING;

COGNITION; INFORMATION MODELING METHODS; METHODS EVALUATION;

INFORMATION SCIENCE;

EID: 33847670591     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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