The ER International Conference on Conceptual Modeling is a leading international forum for presenting and discussing current research and applications. Topics covered at the conference cover the ...

A conceptual model in business is a plan, blueprint or strategy based on an idea. For example, a car company might create a conceptual model of a new car based on several or a single concept in design ...

Conceptual modelling and business process analysis constitute a critical nexus in understanding and refining organisational workflows. At its core, conceptual modelling involves the abstraction and ...

Although conceptual models are frequently used to illustrate research questions under investigation, there is a paucity of articles about how to develop conceptual models or their importance to health ...

Professor Eric Yu of the Faculty of Information has received the Peter P. Chen Award in conceptual modelling for his outstanding contributions to the field. The award, sponsored by Elsevier and named ...

Integrated ecosystem assessment (IEA) is a framework that organizes and summarizes science to aid in the transition from a traditional single sector toward a holistic management approach known as ...

A conceptual model is defined by Tappenden as 'the abstraction and representation of complex phenomena of interest in some readily expressible form, such that the individual stakeholders' ...

David Embley of Brigham Young University’s Department of Computer Science was recently selected as the 2009 recipient of the Peter Chen Award and named as an Entity-Relationship Fellow. Both of these ...