An Epistemological Foundation of Conceptual Modeling

In a business environment, making the right decisions is vital for the success of a company. Making right decisions is inevitably bound to the availability and provision of relevant information. Information systems are supposed to be able to provide this information in an efficient way. Thus, within information systems development a detailed analysis of information supply and information demands has to prevail. Based on Szyperski's information set and subset-model we will give an epistemological foundation of information modeling in general and show, why conceptual modeling in particular is capable of developing effective and efficient information systems. Furthermore, we derive conceptual modeling requirements based on our findings. Keywords :Conceptual Modeling, Information Requirements Engineering, Language Communities 1 This work has been funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium f

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: ECIS
• Authors: Michael Ribbert, Björn Niehaves, Alexander Dreiling, Roland Holten
• Keywords: Bundesministerium Für Bildung Und Forschung, ECIS 2004, Information Systems, Information Technology, Right Decisions