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Kotiadis, Kathy and Robinson, Stewart (2008) Conceptual modelling: Knowledge acquisition and model abstraction. In: 2008 Winter Simulation Conference, Miami, FL, Dec 07-10, 2008. Published in: Proceedings of the 2008 Winter Simulation Conference, Vols.1-5 pp. 951-958.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/WSC.2008.4736161
Abstract
Conceptual modelling has gained a lot of interest in recent years and simulation modellers are particularly interested in understanding the processes involved in arriving at a conceptual model. This paper contributes to this understanding by discussing the artifacts of conceptual modelling and two specific conceptual modelling processes: knowledge acquisition and model abstraction. Knowledge acquisition is the process of finding out about the problem situation and arriving at a system description. Model abstraction refers to the simplifications made in moving from a system description to a conceptual model. Soft Systems Methodology has tools that can help a modeller with knowledge acquisition and model abstraction. These tools are drawing rich pictures, undertaking analyses 'one', 'two', 'three', and constructing a root definition and the corresponding purposeful activity model. The use of these tools is discussed with respect to a case study in health care.
| Item Type: | Conference Item (UNSPECIFIED) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software T Technology > TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School |
| Journal or Publication Title: | Proceedings of the 2008 Winter Simulation Conference |
| Publisher: | IEEE |
| ISBN: | 978-1-4244-2707-9 |
| ISSN: | 0891-7736 |
| Date: | 2008 |
| Volume: | Vols.1-5 |
| Number of Pages: | 8 |
| Page Range: | pp. 951-958 |
| Identification Number: | 10.1109/WSC.2008.4736161 |
| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed |
| Publication Status: | Published |
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access |
| Title of Event: | 2008 Winter Simulation Conference |
| Type of Event: | Conference |
| Location of Event: | Miami, FL |
| Date(s) of Event: | Dec 07-10, 2008 |
| URI: | http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/id/eprint/6436 |
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