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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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
institution Singapore Management University
building SMU Libraries
continent Asia
country Singapore
Singapore
content_provider SMU Libraries
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language English
topic Databases and Information Systems
Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
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
author_facet SIAU, Keng
WAND, Yair
BENBASAT, Izak
author_sort SIAU, Keng
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
title_sort relative importance of structural constraints and surface semantics in information modeling
publisher Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University
publishDate 1997
url https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/9437
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