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Ontological Approach to Modeling Information Systems
Linköping University, Department of Computer and Information Science, GIS - Geographical Information Science Group. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
Linköping University, Department of Computer and Information Science, GIS - Geographical Information Science Group. Linköping University, The Institute of Technology.
2004 (English)In: Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Computer and information Technology (Cit'04), 14–16 September, Wuhan, China: IEEE Computer Society, Washington, DC, 2004, p. 1122-1127Conference paper, Published paper (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

In recent years, the use of formal tools in information system modeling and development represents a potential area of research in computer science. In 1967, the term ontology appeared for the first time in computer science literature as S. H. Mealy introduced it as a basic foundation in data modeling. The main objective of this paper is to discuss the concept of ontology (from a philosophical perspective) as it was used to bridge the gap between philosophy and information systems science, and to investigate ontology types that can be found during ontological investigation and the methods used in the investigation process. The secondary objective of this paper is to study different design and engineering approaches of ontology as well as development environments that are used to create and edit ontologies.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2004. p. 1122-1127
Keywords [en]
Ontology, Conceptual Model
National Category
Engineering and Technology
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-13184DOI: 10.1109/CIT.2004.1357345OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-13184DiVA, id: diva2:17999
Available from: 2008-04-28 Created: 2008-04-28 Last updated: 2009-04-21
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1. Analytical tools and information-sharing methods supporting road safety organizations
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Analytical tools and information-sharing methods supporting road safety organizations
2008 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

A prerequisite for improving road safety are reliable and consistent sources of information about traffic and accidents, which will help assess the prevailing situation and give a good indication of their severity. In many countries there is under-reporting of road accidents, deaths and injuries, no collection of data at all, or low quality of information. Potential knowledge is hidden, due to the large accumulation of traffic and accident data. This limits the investigative tasks of road safety experts and thus decreases the utilization of databases. All these factors can have serious effects on the analysis of the road safety situation, as well as on the results of the analyses.

This dissertation presents a three-tiered conceptual model to support the sharing of road safety–related information and a set of applications and analysis tools. The overall aim of the research is to build and maintain an information-sharing platform, and to construct mechanisms that can support road safety professionals and researchers in their efforts to prevent road accidents. GLOBESAFE is a platform for information sharing among road safety organizations in different countries developed during this research.

Several approaches were used, First, requirement elicitation methods were used to identify the exact requirements of the platform. This helped in developing a conceptual model, a common vocabulary, a set of applications, and various access modes to the system. The implementation of the requirements was based on iterative prototyping. Usability methods were introduced to evaluate the users’ interaction satisfaction with the system and the various tools. Second, a system-thinking approach and a technology acceptance model were used in the study of the Swedish traffic data acquisition system. Finally, visual data mining methods were introduced as a novel approach to discovering hidden knowledge and relationships in road traffic and accident databases. The results from these studies have been reported in several scientific articles.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Linköping: LiU-Tryck, 2008. p. 118
Series
Linköping Studies in Science and Technology. Dissertations, ISSN 0345-7524 ; 1187
Keywords
Visual data mining, STRADA, GLOBESAFE, Conceptual model, System thinking, Internet GIS
National Category
Computer Sciences
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-11596 (URN)978-91-7393-887-7 (ISBN)
Public defence
2008-06-12, Alan Turing, Hus E, Campus Valla, Linköpings universitet, Linköping, 13:15 (English)
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Available from: 2008-04-28 Created: 2008-04-28 Last updated: 2020-03-24Bibliographically approved

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