• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제21권3호
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• pp.153-164
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• 2021

The increasing importance of such fields as embedded systems, pervasive computing, and hybrid systems control is increasing attention to the time-dependent aspects of system modeling. In this paper, we focus on modeling conceptual time. Conceptual time is time represented in conceptual modeling, where the notion of time does not always play a major role. Time modeling in computing is far from exhibiting a unified and comprehensive framework, and is often handled in an ad hoc manner. This paper contributes to the establishment of a broader understanding of time in conceptual modeling based on a software and system engineering model denoted thinging machine (TM). TM modeling is founded on a one-category ontology called a thimac (thing/machine) that is used to elaborate the design and analysis of ontological presumptions. The issue under study is a sample of abstract modeling domains as exemplified by time. The goal is to provide better understanding of the TM model by supplementing it with a conceptualization of time aspects. The results reveal new characteristics of time and related notions such as space, events, and system behavior.

• Journal of Information Technology Applications and Management
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.95-118
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• 2011

In developing information systems, conceptual modeling is among the most fundamental means. The importance attributed to conceptual modeling has not only given rise to a lot of modeling methods, but also to the "yet another modeling approach (YAMA)" syndrome and the "not another modeling approach (NAMA)" hysteria. Criticism of conceptual modeling methods usually targets their lacking of theoretical foundations. In response to such criticism, various approaches towards theoretical foundations of conceptual modeling have been proposed so far. One of the recent responses to the quest for theoretical foundations of conceptual modeling is the reference to the philosophical ontology. The currently most prominent of diverse approaches towards ontological foundations of conceptual modeling appears to be the Bunge-Wand-Weber (BWW) ontology. Recent approaches attempt to regard BWW ontology as another conceptual data model as well as a criterion for evaluating various conceptual models. However, unfortunately, relatively few researches have been made on interoperability between the Entity-Relationship (ER) model, which is the most dominant conceptual data model, and ontology based model. In this paper, we investigate the interoperability between ontology and the ER model. In detail we (i) reclassify components of ER model with respect to ontology concepts, (ii) identify some components that cannot be directly represented in ontology notation, and (iii) present alternative representations to the components to acquire ontologically clear ER diagrams. Additionally, we (iv) present a set of mapping rules for converting the ontologically clear ER diagram into the corresponding ontology. In a case study, we show the process of converting an ER diagram for a concise Project Management System (PMS) into the ontologically clear ER diagram and the corresponding ontology. We also describe an experiment that we undertook to test whether users understand the Ontologically-Clear ER diagram better.

• 한국정보시스템학회지:정보시스템연구
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• 제7권1호
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• pp.181-208
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• 1998

In many literatures of model management, various schemes for representing model base schema have proposed. Ultimately, the goal is to arrive at a set of mutually supportive and synergistic methodologies and tools for the modeling problem domain and model base design. This paper focus on how best to structure and represent conceptual model of problem domain and schema of model base. Semantic concepts and modeling constructs are valuable conceptual tools for understanding the structural relationships and constraints involved in an model management environment. To this end, we reviewed the model management literature, and analyzed the constructs of modeling tools of data model management graph-based approach. Although they have good tools but most of them are not enough for the representation of structural relationships and constraints. So we wanted more powerful tools which can represent diverse constructs in a decision support modeling and model base schema design. For the design of a model base, we developed object modeling framework which uses Object Modeling Techniques (OMT). In Object Modeling Framework, model base schema are classified into conceptual schema, logical schema, and physical schema. The conceptual schema represents the user's view of problem domain, and the logical schema represents a model formatted by a particular modeling language. The schema design, this paper proposes an extension of Object Model to overcome some of the limitations exhibited by the OMT. The proposed tool, Extended Object Model(EOM) have diverse constructs for the representation of decision support problem domain and conceptual model base schema.

• Asia pacific journal of information systems
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• 제28권2호
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• pp.75-92
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• 2018

Conceptual modeling is well suited as a subject that constitutes the "core" of the Information Systems (IS) discipline and has grown in response to IS development. Several modeling grammars and methods have been studied extensively in the IS discipline. Previous studies, however, present deficiencies in research methods and even put forward contradictory results about the ternary relationship in conceptual modeling. For instance, some studies contend that the semantics of a binary relationship are better for novices, but others argue that a ternary relationship is better than three binary relationships when the association among three entity types clearly exists. The objective of this research is to acquire complete and accurate understanding of the ternary relationship, specifically to understand practitioners' modeling performance when utilizing either a ternary or binary relationship. To the best of our knowledge, no previous work clearly compares real-world modeler performance differences between binary and ternary representations. By investigating practitioners' understanding of ternary relationship and identifying practitioners' cognition, this research can broaden the perspective on conceptual modeling.

• 한국전자거래학회지
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• 제4권1호
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• pp.37-58
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• 1999

In this paper, we suggest the system analysis method that links IDEF0 and conceptual analysis. Based on the method, we propose the implementation methodology that can be used to build CALS/EC systems in logistics industry. This paper presents data characteristic derived using ICAM DEFinition(IDEF0) and conceptual data modeling. Modeling methodology has been widely used for analysis and design of an enterprise information system. Further IDEF has been considered appropriate for developing functional and database models for the logistics environment.

• 한국CDE학회논문집
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• 제19권1호
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• pp.29-40
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• 2014

Conceptual Modeling is the process of abstracting a model from a real or proposed system. It is probably the most important aspect of a simulation study. Relate works show that the elementary developers devoted little time to understanding how the systems actually worked, namely they didn't build appropriate conceptual model. Thus, the result of simulation is inconsistent because it depends on developer's competence. Although many researchers suggested various techniques enabling developer to build conceptual model, there were several limitations. In this study, to overcome the limitations of existing techniques, we proposed COMBINE-DES (COnceptual Model BuildINg framEwork using ontology for Discrete Event Simulation). The COM-BINE-DES supports expediting the conceptual modeling with Solution ontology generated by Domain ontology and Simulation ontology. Moreover, it provides consistent simulation result regardless of repeated modeling.

• International Journal of Computer Science & Network Security
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• 제21권6호
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• pp.127-136
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• 2021

In the systems and software modeling field, a conceptual model involves modeling with concepts to support development and design. An example of a conceptual model is a description developed using the Unified Modeling Language (UML). UML uses a model multiplicity formulation approach, wherein a number of models are used to represent alternative views. By contrast, a model singularity approach uses only a single integrated model. Each of these styles of modeling has its strengths and weaknesses. This paper introduces a partial solution to the issue of multiplicity vs. singularity in modeling by adopting UML use cases and class models into the conceptual thinging machine (TM) model. To apply use cases, we adopt the observation that a use-case diagram is a description that shows the internal structure of the part of the system represented by the use case in addition to being useful to people outside of the system. Additionally, the UML class diagram is recast in TM representation. Accordingly, we develop a TMUML model that embraces the TM specification of the UML class diagram and the internal structure extracted from the UML use case. TMUML modeling introduces some of the advantages that have made UML a popular modeling language to TM modeling. At the same time, this approach supplies UML with partial model singularity. The paper details experimentation with TMUML using examples from the literature. Our results indicate that mixing UML with other models could be a viable approach.

• 지능정보연구
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• 제18권4호
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• pp.97-116
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• 2012

개념적 모델링(conceptual modeling)은 정보시스템 개발에 있어서 중요한 역할을 수행한다. 그럼에도 불구하고 이를 성공적으로 수행하기 위해 어떠한 방법을 채택해야 하고 그 결과를 어떻게 평가해야 할 것인지에 대한 이론적 성과는 충분하지 않다. 부분과 전체에 대한 개념적 모델링을 평가하기 위해 온톨로지 이론을 도입한 최근의 연구, "Representing Part-Whole Relations in Conceptual Modeling : An Empirical Evaluation"(Shanks et al., 2008)은 개념적 모델링 평가에 실험법을 도입했다는 긍정적인 측면에도 불구하고 비판에 직면했다. 또한 이에 대한 반대 의견이 제시되면서 개념적 모델링을 연구하거나 실무에 활용하려는 사람들에게 혼란을 초래하고 있다. 본 연구는 Bunge-Wand-Weber 온톨로지의 이론적 배경과 성과를 검토하고 논쟁에서 제외된 부분과 전체에 관한 이론적 논의를 추가하여 과연 Shanks et al.의 연구에 대한 비판이 타당한 것인지 살펴본다. 이들 연구에 대한 비판이 주로 실험적 방법의 오류를 지적한 것과 비교하여 본 연구는 Shanks et al.의 연구가 번지(Bunge) 온톨로지를 잘못 활용하고 있으며, 패러다임의 문제라는 지적은 그 근거가 확실하지 않으며, 부분과 전체에 관한 연구개념의 타당성을 확보하지 않았음을 밝혔다. 본 논문을 통해 우리는 Shanks et al.의 연구는 실증적 타당성에 대한 문제뿐만 아니라 기존의 온톨로지 개념들을 적절히 활용하지 않았고 결과적으로 부분-전체에 관한 개념적 모델링 이론에 기여하기보다는 서로 다른 모델링 패턴 간의 단순한 비교에 그쳤다는 점을 주장한다.

• 정보화연구
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.243-251
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• 2012

본 논문은 온톨로지 기반의 임무공간 개념 모델링 체계인 한국형 임무공간 개념모델 (CMMSK:The Conceptual Models of the Mission Space-Korea)을 제안한다. 모델링과 시뮬레이션을 이용하면 실제 군사 훈련을 실행할 때 발생하는 시간, 공간 그리고 경제적인 비용을 크게 줄일 수 있다. CMMS-K는 국방 모델과 시뮬레이션의 상호운용성과 재사용성을 향상시키기 위해 개발되고 있다. CMMS-K의 구조는 한국 국방 환경을 기반으로 기존 국방 개념 모델링 체계를 참조하여 생성되었다. CMMS-K의 주요 구성요소는 도메인 온톨로지, 임무공간 모델 기술 언어, 임무공간 모델링 도구, 그리고 CMMS-K 관리 시스템이다. CMMS-K 도메인 온톨로지는 개체 및 과제 온톨로지로 구성된다. 본 논문은 CMMS-K 도메인 온톨로지에 대해서 자세히 기술하고 제안된 방법의 적용 가능성을 예제를 이용하여 평가한다.

• 한국초등과학교육학회지:초등과학교육
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.265-276
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• 2016

In this study, modeling pedagogies were employed to re-design and teach the unit of Seasonal Changes in the $6^{th}$ grade science curriculum. The effects of the modeling-based program were investigated in both the conceptual and affective domains using an approach of mixing quantitative and qualitative techniques. The result showed that the students in the modeling-based science inquiry classroom gained a higher mean score in a conceptual achievement test than their counterparts in a traditional science classroom. The number of the conceptual resources activated to explain the causes of the seasons, as well as the types of student explanations developed through the combination of the resources activated, were greater in the modeling-based classroom. The modeling-based science inquiry was also effective in improving student attitudes toward science lessons. It was revealed, however, that the students experienced both positive and negative epistemic feelings during the modeling-based science inquiry. Implications of these findings for science education and relevant research were suggested and discussed.