Activity modeling and behavior modeling
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Statecharts: A visual formalism for complex systems
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Modern structured analysis
Comparing representations with relational and EER models
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An Ontological Model of an Information System
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An Automated Approach to Information Systems Decomposition
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Systems analysis and design: a research strategy macro-analysis
Challenges and strategies for research in systems development
Requirements specification: learning object, process, and data methodologies
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Comparing data modeling formalisms
Communications of the ACM
The sciences of the artificial (3rd ed.)
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Using objects for systems analysis
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The Unified Modeling Language reference manual
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Evaluating quality of conceptual modelling scripts based on user perceptions
Data & Knowledge Engineering
Guiding principles for conceptual model creation in manufacturing simulation
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Epistemological perspectives on ontology-based theories for conceptual modeling
Applied Ontology - Ontological Foundations of Conceptual Modelling
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Journal of Management Information Systems
The measurement of perceived ontological deficiencies of conceptual modeling grammars
Data & Knowledge Engineering
Conceptual modeling of causal map: Object oriented causal map
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Epistemological perspectives on ontology-based theories for conceptual modeling
Applied Ontology - Ontological Foundations of Conceptual Modelling
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International Journal of Information System Modeling and Design
On the Usage of Labels and Icons in Business Process Modeling
International Journal of Information System Modeling and Design
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Comparing the Effect of Use Case Format on End User Understanding of System Requirements
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Data & Knowledge Engineering
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During the early phase of systems development, systems analysts often conceptualize the domain under study and represent it in one or more conceptual models. One of the most important, yet elusive roles of conceptual models is to increase analysts understanding of a domain. In this paper, we evaluate the ability of the good decomposition model (GDM) (Wand and Weber 1990) to explain the degree to which conceptual models communicate meaning about a domain to analysts. We address the question, Do unified modeling language (UML) analysis diagrams that manifest better decompositions increase analysts understanding of a domain? GDM defines five conditions (minimality, determinism, losslessness, weak coupling, and strong cohesion) deemed necessary to decompose a domain in such a way that the resulting model communicates meaning about the domain effectively. In our evaluation, we operationalized each of these conditions in a set of UML diagrams and tested participants understanding of those diagrams. Our results lend support to GDM across measures of actual understanding. However, the impact on participants perceptions of their understanding was equivocal.