The relative importance of structural constraints and surface semantics in information modeling

This paper describes an experiment designed to investigate the use of structural constraints and surface semantics by modeling experts. The experimental results indicated that when interpreting information models, modeling experts focused almost entirely on the structural constraints, and ignored th...

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Main Authors:	SIAU, Keng, WAND, Yair, BENBASAT, Izak
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Language:	English
Published:	Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1997
Subjects:	Databases and Information Systems Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
Online Access:	https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/9437
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spelling	sg-smu-ink.sis_research-104372024-10-24T09:48:03Z The relative importance of structural constraints and surface semantics in information modeling SIAU, Keng WAND, Yair BENBASAT, Izak This paper describes an experiment designed to investigate the use of structural constraints and surface semantics by modeling experts. The experimental results indicated that when interpreting information models, modeling experts focused almost entirely on the structural constraints, and ignored the surface semantics, even in situations where the structural constraints were in contradiction to the real world situation. These biases exhibited by modeling experts are explained using the learning model in cognitive psychology. 1997-05-01T07:00:00Z text https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/9437 info:doi/10.1016/S0306-4379(97)00009-4 Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University Databases and Information Systems Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
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spellingShingle	Databases and Information Systems Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing SIAU, Keng WAND, Yair BENBASAT, Izak The relative importance of structural constraints and surface semantics in information modeling
description	This paper describes an experiment designed to investigate the use of structural constraints and surface semantics by modeling experts. The experimental results indicated that when interpreting information models, modeling experts focused almost entirely on the structural constraints, and ignored the surface semantics, even in situations where the structural constraints were in contradiction to the real world situation. These biases exhibited by modeling experts are explained using the learning model in cognitive psychology.
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author	SIAU, Keng WAND, Yair BENBASAT, Izak
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title	The relative importance of structural constraints and surface semantics in information modeling
title_short	The relative importance of structural constraints and surface semantics in information modeling
title_full	The relative importance of structural constraints and surface semantics in information modeling
title_fullStr	The relative importance of structural constraints and surface semantics in information modeling
title_full_unstemmed	The relative importance of structural constraints and surface semantics in information modeling
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publisher	Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate	1997
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The relative importance of structural constraints and surface semantics in information modeling

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