Conceptual Modeling of Information Systems

• Main Author: Olivé, Antoni (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Subjects: Computer science.; Software engineering.; Computers.; Computer engineering.; Computer Science.; Computer Engineering.; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet).; Models and Principles.; Software Engineering.

When designing an information system, conceptual modeling is the activity that elicits and describes the general knowledge the system needs to know. This description, called the conceptual schema, is necessary in order to develop an information system. Recently, many researchers and professionals sh...

Table of Contents:

• Entity Types
• Relationship Types
• Cardinality Constraints
• Particular Kinds of Relationship Type
• Reification
• Generic Relationship Types
• Derived Types
• Integrity Constraints
• Taxonomies
• Domain Events
• Action Request Events
• State Transition Diagrams
• Statecharts
• Use Cases
• Case Study
• Metamodeling
• The MOF and XMI.