A critical assessment of the Bunge-Wand-Weber ontology for conceptual modeling

16th Workshop on Information Technologies and Systems, WITS 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 25-30

  Allen, Gove A ^a   March, Salvatore T ^b  

^a TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA MINING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

APPLICATION OF ONTOLOGIES; BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS; CRITICAL ASSESSMENT; EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS; GOVERNMENT AGENCIES; HUMAN PERCEPTION; MATERIAL OBJECTS; ORGANIZATIONAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84864949167     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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