Risk analysis is traditionally accepted as a complex and critical activity in various contexts,
such as strategic planning and software development. Given its complexity, several …

Abstract Types are fundamental for conceptual modeling and knowledge representation,
being an essential construct in all major modeling languages in these fields. Despite that …

Abstract The Unified Foundational Ontology (UFO) has been used to provide foundations for
the major conceptual modeling constructs. This ontology has led to the OntoUML Ontology …

For over a decade now, a community of researchers has contributed to the ontological
foundations of Conceptual Modeling by participating to the development of the Unified …

In the domain of the platform economy we identified two gaps in the current literature. First
the lack of a shared conceptualization of digital platform types. We solve this issue with a …

Ontology matching is a research area aimed at finding ways to make different ontologies
interoperable. Solutions to the problem have been proposed from different disciplines …

We present in this paper a novel ontological theory of events whose central tenet is the
Aristotelian distinction between the object that changes and the actual subject of change …

Abstract Human–Computer Interaction (HCI) is a complex communication phenomenon
involving human beings and computer systems that gained large attention from industry and …

Conceptual models capture knowledge about domains of reality. Therefore, conceptual
models and their modelling constructs should be based on theories about the world—that is …

Abstract Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) suggests a new way to implement Accounting
Information Systems, but an ontologically sound consensus-based design is missing to date …