Conceptual Model Evaluation. Towards more Paradigmatic Rigor Export

@inproceedings{citeulike:265325, abstract = {Information Systems (IS) research has so far been primarily concerned with the development of new modeling languages, techniques, and methods. Also, evaluation approaches have been developed in order to assess the appropriateness of a modeling approach in a given context. Both modeling and evaluation approaches, however, lack epistemological rigor, leading to problems regarding the applicability of a certain modeling language in a given context on the one hand, and regarding the feasibility of certain evaluation approaches towards certain modeling questions on the other hand. We therefore argue for a philosophical-paradigmatic discussion of evaluation methods for conceptual modeling languages in order to assess their applicability in given modeling contexts and present our research in progress towards a framework for paradigmatic discussion on model evaluation.}, author = {Recker, Jan}, citeulike-article-id = {265325}, editor = {Castro, J. and Teniente, E.}, journal = {Proceedings of the CAiSE'05 Workshops}, keywords = {information, methods, modeling, philosophy, research}, pages = {569--580}, posted-at = {2005-07-26 15:38:17}, priority = {2}, publisher = {Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto}, title = {Conceptual Model Evaluation. Towards more Paradigmatic Rigor}, year = {2005} }

TY - CONF ID - citeulike:265325 L3 - citeulike-article-id:265325 N2 - Information Systems (IS) research has so far been primarily concerned with the development of new modeling languages, techniques, and methods. Also, evaluation approaches have been developed in order to assess the appropriateness of a modeling approach in a given context. Both modeling and evaluation approaches, however, lack epistemological rigor, leading to problems regarding the applicability of a certain modeling language in a given context on the one hand, and regarding the feasibility of certain evaluation approaches towards certain modeling questions on the other hand. We therefore argue for a philosophical-paradigmatic discussion of evaluation methods for conceptual modeling languages in order to assess their applicability in given modeling contexts and present our research in progress towards a framework for paradigmatic discussion on model evaluation. JF - Proceedings of the CAiSE’05 Workshops EP - 580 TI - Conceptual Model Evaluation. Towards more Paradigmatic Rigor PB - Faculdade de Engenharia da Universidade do Porto SP - 569 KW - information KW - methods KW - modeling KW - philosophy KW - research AU - Recker, Jan A2 - Castro, J A2 - Teniente, E PY - 2005/// ER -