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 …

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

OMiLAB is a community of practice which offers a digital ecosystem bringing together open
technologies to investigate and apply conceptual modeling methods for varying purposes …

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

Abstract This article frames Conceptual Modeling education as a design problem, in the
sense of the Design Science research framework, motivated by student preconceptions and …

Conceptual modeling and metamodeling are vital parts in computer and information science
study programs at tertiary institutions. Currently, teachers are struggling in ensuring that their …

The innovation of teaching and, correspondingly, learning in higher education has been
producing numerous examples of inspiring and stimulating course designs and redesigns …

Purpose: Smart cities are emerging as a fast-growing scientific research topic; much of the
knowledge generated is particularly of a technological nature. The objective of this research …

Metamodeling platforms are an important cornerstone for building domain-specific modeling
languages in an efficient and effective way. Two prominent players in the field are ADOxx …

The trend of urbanization has started over two centuries ago and is no longer limited to high-
income countries. As a result, city population growth has led to the emergence of …