Should Optional Properties Be Used in Conceptual Modelling? A Theory and Three Empirical Tests

By F. Bodart, Arvind Patel, M. Sim, Ron Weber. Information systems research, 2001

356 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Subfields: Artificial Intelligence, Computer Networks and Communications, Management Information Systems

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In Artificial Intelligence

1. Yair Wand
2. Ron Weber
3. Steven L. Alter

In Computer Networks and Communications

1. Yair Wand
2. Sudha Ram
3. Ron Weber
4. S. March
5. Alan R. Hevner
6. Jinsoo Park

In Management Information Systems

1. Yair Wand
2. Sudha Ram
3. Ron Weber
4. S. March
5. Alan R. Hevner
6. Jinsoo Park
7. Steven L. Alter

Citations in the corpus

• Research Commentary: Information Systems and Conceptual Modeling - A Research Agenda (2002, methodology): “…fit (Agarwal et al. 1996, 1999), Larkin and Simon’s (1987) concepts of informational and computational equivalence (Agarwal et al. 1999, Kim et al. 2000, Siau 1996), Anderson’s (1983, 1995)models of cognition (Siau 1996), and Mayer’s (1989) theory of learning (Bodart et al. 2001, Gemino 1999).”
• Design Science in Information Systems Research (2004, methodology): “…on one class of artifact, the instantiation (system), although other research efforts have also focused on the evaluation of constructs (e.g., Batra et al. 1990; Kim and March 1995; Bodart et al. 2001; Geerts and McCarthy 2002) and methods (e.g., Marakas and Elam 1998; Sinha and Vessey 1999).”