Semantics of the MibML conceptual modeling grammar: An ontological analysis using the Bunge-Wang-Weber framework

Journal of Database Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-19

  Zhang, Hong ^a   Kishore, Rajiv ^b   Ramesh, Ram ^b  

^a MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

Bunge Wand Weber (BWW) model; Conceptual modeling; MibML

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; DATABASE SYSTEMS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; ONTOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BUNGE WAND WEBER (BWW) MODEL; CONCEPTUAL MODELING; DOMAIN KNOWLEDGE; MULTIAGENT-BASED INTEGRATIVE BUSINESS MODELING LANGUAGE (MIBML);

COMPUTATIONAL GRAMMARS;

EID: 34147165196     PISSN: 10638016     EISSN: 15338010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jdm.2007010101     Document Type: Article

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