Metagraphs and Their Applications

• Main Authors: Basu, Amit (Author), Blanning, Robert W. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2007.
• Series: Integrated Series in Information Systems, 15
• Subjects: Mathematics.; Organization.; Planning.; Operations research.; Decision making.; Information technology.; Business > Data processing.; Management information systems.; Computer science.; E-commerce.; Algebra.; IT in Business.; e-Commerce/e-business.; Management of Computing and Information Systems.; Operation Research/Decision Theory.

The graph is a critical and useful concept in designing many information processing systems. Systems such as transaction processing systems, decision support systems, and workflow systems are all helped immensely by a graphical structure. Simple graphs and digraphs allow for the construction of a va...

Table of Contents:

• Graphs, Hypergraphs, and Metagraphs
• Graphs, Hypergraphs, and Metagraphs
• Metagraph Theory
• The Algebraic Structure of Metagraphs
• Connectivity Properties of Metagraphs
• Metagraph Transformations
• Attributed Metagraphs
• Independent Sub-Metagraphs
• Applications of Metagraphs
• Metagraphs in Model Management
• Metagraphs in Data and Rule Management
• Metagraphs in Workflow and Process Analysis
• Conclusion.