An argumentative approach of conceptual modelling and model validation through theory building

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 7939 LNCS, Issue , 2013, Pages 242-257

  Bittmann, Sebastian ^a   Thomas, Oliver ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSNABRÜCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Argumentative Modelling; Conceptual Modelling; Design Theory; Reasoning; Toulmin

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL MODEL; CONCEPTUAL MODELLING; DESIGN THEORY; KNOWLEDGE CREATIONS; MODEL VALIDATION; NATURAL LANGUAGES; REASONING; TOULMIN;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTER SCIENCE;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 84879807323     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-38827-9_17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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