Handbook of Conceptual Modeling: Theory, Practice, and Research Challenges

By Bernhard Thalheim and David W. Embley

Book Overview

Section I: Programming with Conceptual Models.- Chapter 1: Conceptual-Model Programming: A Manifesto.- Chapter 2: Model-Driven Software Development.- Section II: Structure Modeling.- Chapter 3: The Entity-Relationship Model-Toward a Unified View of Data.- Chapter 4: UML and OCL in Conceptual Modeling.- Chapter 5: Mapping Conceptual Models to Database Schemas.- Chapter 6: The Enhanced Entity-Relationship Model.- Section III: Process Modeling.- Chapter 7: Object-Process Methodology for Structure-Behavior Co-Design.- Chapter 8: Business Process Modelling and Workflow Design.- Chapter 9: BPMN Core Modeling Concepts: Inheritance-Based Execution Semantics.- Chapter 10: Conceptual Modelling of Interaction.- Chapter 11: Conceptual Modelling of Application Stories.- Section V: Special Challenge Areas.- Chapter 12: Evolution and Migration of Information Systems.- Chapter 13: Conceptual Geometric Modelling.- Chapter 14: Data Integration.- Chapter 15: Conceptual Modeling Foundations for a Web of Knowledge.- Chapter 16: A Conceptual Modeling Approach to Improve Human Genome Understanding.- Chapter 17: The Theory of Conceptual Models, the Theory of Conceptual Modelling and Foundations of Conceptual Modelling.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 364243049X
• ISBN13: 9783642430497
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 589 Pages
• Weight: 1.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"