Conceptual modeling is an important part of information systems development and use that
involves identifying and representing relevant aspects of reality. Although the past decades …

Tom Freston is credited with saying ''Innovation is taking two things that exist and putting
them together in a new way''. For a long time in history, it has been the prevailing …

In conceptual modeling (CM), humans apply abstraction to represent excerpts of reality for
means of understanding and communication, and processing by machines. Artificial …

Visual modeling languages such as the Business Process Model and Notation and the
Unified Modeling Language are widely used in industry and academia for the analysis and …

This paper motivates, describes, demonstrates in use, and evaluates the Open Models
Laboratory (OMiLAB)-an open digital ecosystem designed to support conceptualization and …

Traceability is among the most significant challenges in supply chains, where multiple
stakeholders and activities are involved in the production and distribution of products. No …

Digital artefacts are increasingly used for supporting innovation practices, implying a
growing need to better understand their role in different contexts. In this paper, we study how …

In the past decade, the modeling community has produced many feature-rich modeling
editors and tool prototypes not only for modeling standards but particularly also for many …

Conceptual modeling is integral to computer science research and is widely adopted in
industrial practices, eg, business process and enterprise architecture management …

Today's dynamic business environment requires enterprises to be agile in order to remain
competitive. Competition also impacts enterprise modeling (EM) aiming at the systematic …