Overview

This is a compilation of papers presented at the ""Information System Concepts"" conference in Marburg, Germany. The special focus is consolidation and harmonisation of the numerous and widely diverging views in the field of information systems. This book should be of interest to researchers/lecturers in information systems, informatics, computer science, software developers, systems analysts, R&D, information system design tool developers.

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Author:   Eckhard D. Falkenberg ,  Wolfgang Hesse ,  Antoni Olive
Publisher:   Chapman and Hall
Imprint:   Chapman and Hall
Edition:   1995 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   1.420kg
ISBN:  

9780412639500

ISBN 10:   0412639505
Pages:   318
Publication Date:   31 August 1995
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

The discipline of information systems: let many flowers bloom! Theories of meaning and different perspectives on information systems. Multiple relationships: an analysis of their semantics and their modelling. About a framework for information and information processing of learning systems. A self-descriptive conceptual schema modelling facility, its implementation and extension. A user-centred method for the development of data-intensive dialogue systems: an object-oriented approach. A meta model transformation approach towards harmonisation in information system modelling. Limitations of information systems theory and practice: a case for pluralism. What's in a relationship? On distinguishing property holding and object binding. English grammar as a sentence model for conceptual modelling using NIAM. From information systems to knowledge systems. Anything, everything and things playing roles: three realizing principles as a contribution to a platform for understanding .Semiotic approach for object abstraction. Abstraction and concretizing in information systems and problem domains: implications for system descriptions. Business model representations. How should business professionals analyze information systems for themselves? How far harmonisation? Panel discussion set-up. Position papers on `How far harmonisation?' Index of contributors. Keyword index.

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...provides the pragmatic reader form within that discipline with assistence with current development tasks... - Prometheus

...provides the pragmatic reader form within that discipline with assistence with current development tasks... - Prometheus

Author Information

Eckhard Falkenberg is Professor Emeritus of Information Systems and lives in Germany

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