Conceptual Modeling: 31st International Conference ER 2012, Florence, Italy, October 15-18, 2012. Proceedings

Front Matter....Pages -
Mega-modeling for Big Data Analytics....Pages 1-15
Spatial Keyword Querying....Pages 16-29
Of Cubes, DAGs and Hierarchical Correlations: A Novel Conceptual Model for Analyzing Social Media Data....Pages 30-49
Understanding Constraint Expressions in Large Conceptual Schemas by Automatic Filtering....Pages 50-63
Understanding Understandability of Conceptual Models – What Are We Actually Talking about?....Pages 64-77
Rules from Cognition for Conceptual Modelling....Pages 78-87
Using Domain Ontologies as Semantic Dimensions in Data Warehouses....Pages 88-101
Sliced Column-Store (SCS): Ontological Foundations and Practical Implications....Pages 102-115
Schema Decryption for Large Extract-Transform-Load Systems....Pages 116-125
Fast Group Recommendations by Applying User Clustering....Pages 126-140
Understanding Tables on the Web....Pages 141-155
Bridging the Gaps towards Advanced Data Discovery over Semi-structured Data....Pages 156-165
Towards Discovering Conceptual Models behind Web Sites....Pages 166-175
A Distance-Based Spelling Suggestion Method for XML Keyword Search....Pages 176-189
Cross-Language Hybrid Keyword and Semantic Search....Pages 190-203
Mapping Semantic Widgets to Web-Based, Domain-Specific Collections....Pages 204-213
Evaluation Measures for Similarity Search Results in Process Model Repositories....Pages 214-227
The MOSKitt4ME Approach: Providing Process Support in a Method Engineering Context....Pages 228-241
Extending Conceptual Data Model for Dynamic Environment....Pages 242-251
Contracts + Goals = Roles?....Pages 252-266
Specialization in i * Strategic Rationale Diagrams....Pages 267-281
Conceptualizing and Specifying Key Performance Indicators in Business Strategy Models....Pages 282-291
Data Support in Process Model Abstraction....Pages 292-306
Synthesizing Object Life Cycles from Business Process Models....Pages 307-320
Conceptual Modeling for Systems Integration....Pages 321-330
Ontology Evolution: Assisting Query Migration....Pages 331-344
Ontology of Dynamic Entities....Pages 345-358
A Supervised Method for Lexical Annotation of Schema Labels Based on Wikipedia....Pages 359-368
Optimising Schema Evolution Operation Sequences in Object Databases for Data Evolution....Pages 369-382
Capturing Variability of Law with Nómos 2....Pages 383-396
Deriving Variability Patterns in Software Product Lines by Ontological Considerations....Pages 397-408
A Preference-Aware Query Model for Data Web Services....Pages 409-422
User Feedback Based Query Refinement by Exploiting Skyline Operator....Pages 423-438
A NFR-Based Framework for User-Centered Adaptation....Pages 439-448
Concept-Based Web Search....Pages 449-462
A Linear Algebra Technique for (de)Centralized Processing of SPARQL Queries....Pages 463-476
Non-binary Evaluation for Schema Matching....Pages 477-486
An Integrated Conceptual Model to Incorporate Information Tasks in Workflow Models....Pages 487-500
A Method for the Definition and Treatment of Conceptual Schema Quality Issues....Pages 501-514
EERMM: A Metamodel for the Enhanced Entity-Relationship Model....Pages 515-524
Introducing Usability in a Conceptual Modeling-Based Software Development Process....Pages 525-530
Conceptualizing Data in Multinational Enterprises: Model Design and Application....Pages 531-536
A Metadata-based Approach to Leveraging the Information Supply of Business Intelligence Systems....Pages 537-542
SPIDER-Graph: A Model for Heterogeneous Graphs Extracted from a Relational Database....Pages 543-552
Exploiting Data Dependencies with Null Values for Ontology Extraction....Pages 553-562
Partial Multi-dimensional Schema Merging in Heterogeneous Data Warehouses....Pages 563-571
Knowlog: A Declarative Language for Reasoning about Knowledge in Distributed Systems....Pages 572-577
A Framework for Populating Ontological Models from Semi-structured Web Documents....Pages 578-583
Data Management in a Modern ITS: Problems and Solutions....Pages 584-589
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