Enterprise models are essential for the understanding, analysis, engineering, improvement,
optimisation, maintenance and even management and control of enterprise systems. In that …

The creation of blockchain-based software applications requires today considerable
technical knowledge, particularly in software design and programming. This is regarded as a …

This state-of-the-art paper is intended to set the scene for a special issue of the Computers
in Industry Journal on “Future Perspectives on Next Generation Enterprise Information …

Recent work in Artificial Intelligence (AI) is exploring the use of formal ontologies as a way of
specifying content-specific agreements for the sharing and reuse of knowledge among …

This paper gives an overview of the development of the field of Knowledge Engineering over
the last 15 years. We discuss the paradigm shift from a transfer view to a modeling view and …

Ontological Engineering refers to the set of activities that concern the ontology development
process, the ontology life cycle, the methods and methodologies for building ontologies, and …

This thesis describes an investigation into the practical use of ontologies for the
development of information systems. Ontologies are formal descriptions of shared …

Ontologies were developed in Artificial Intelligence to facilitate knowledge sharing and
reuse. Since the beginning of the nineties ontologies have become a popular research topic …

Methods, techniques, and practices for Enterprise Modeling have been a very important part
of our professional lives during more than 15 years. We strongly believe that modeling is a …

Ontologies provide an opportunity to tackle the interoperability challenge in digital
manufacturing. Although ontologies have been used in numerous industrial projects, the …