Ontology based object-oriented domain modeling: Representing behavior

Journal of Database Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-77

  Evermann, Joerg ^a   Wand, Yair ^b,c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Conceptual modeling; Dynamics; Object oriented analysis; Ontology; UML

Indexed keywords

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; DATA MINING; DYNAMICS; MAPPING; MODELING LANGUAGES; ONTOLOGY; SEMANTICS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; MODEL APPLICATION; OBJECT ORIENTED; OBJECT ORIENTED DOMAINS; OBJECT ORIENTED SOFTWARE; OBJECT-ORIENTED ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE MODELING LANGUAGES; STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 59849103155     PISSN: 10638016     EISSN: 15338010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jdm.2009010103     Document Type: Article

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