Measuring perceived representational deficiencies in conceptual modeling: Instrument development and test;Insuffisances de representation perçues dans la modelisation conceptuelle: Developpement d'un instrument de mesure et test

ICIS 2008 Proceedings - Twenty Ninth International Conference on Information Systems

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages

  Recker, Jan ^a   Rosemann, Michael ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bunge Wand Weber model; Instrument development; Perception measurement; Representation theory

Indexed keywords

BUNGE-WAND-WEBER MODELS; CONCEPTUAL MODELING; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; FIELD TEST; INSTRUMENT DEVELOPMENT; MEASUREMENT INSTRUMENTS; MODELISATION; MULTISTAGE APPROACH; REPRESENTATION THEORY;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES; DATA MINING; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 84870958890     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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