Advances in Conceptual Modeling

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of five workshops symposia, held at the 37th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2018, in Xi'an, China, in October 2018. The 42 papers promote and disseminate research on theories of concepts underlying conceptual modeling, methods and tools for developing and communicating conceptual models, techniques for transforming conceptual models into effective implementations, and the impact of conceptual modeling techniques on databases, business strategies and information systems. The following workshops are included in this volume: Emp-ER: Empirical Methods in Conceptual Modeling, MoBiD: Modeling and Management of Big Data, MREBA: Conceptual Modeling in Requirements and Business Analysis, QMMQ: Quality of Models and Models of Quality, SCME: Conceptual Modeling Education.

Inhalt
Keynotes.- Conceptual modeling studies.- Conceptual modeling studies II.- Ontological modeling.- Semi-structured data modeling.- Process modeling and management.- Spatio-temporal modeling.- Cloud-based modeling.- Schema and view modeling.- Languages and models.- NoSQL modeling.- Conceptual modeling for machine learning and reasoning.- Conceptual modeling for machine learning and reasoning II.- Applications of conceptual modeling.