Description
Over the last five to six years, ontology has received increased attention within the information systems field. Ontology provides a basis for evaluating, analyzing, and engineering business analysis methods. It is that type of theology that has allowed many organizations utilizing ontology to become more competitive within today's global environment. Business Systems Analysis with Ontologies examines, thoroughly, the area of ontologies. All aspects of ontologies are covered; analysis, evaluation, and engineering of business systems analysis methods. Readers are shown the world of ontologies through a number of research methods. For example, survey methodologies, case studies, experimental methodologies, analytical modeling, and field studies are all used within this book to help the reader understand the usefulness of ontologies. For nearly a decade the IS community has published vast amounts of publications about ontologies in the area of Business Systems Analysis. This book acts as a comprehensive summation of this increasingly popular research area.
Author's/Editor's Biography
Peter Green (Ed.)
Peter F. Green is the Program Director for the Electronic Commerce program at the University of Queensland. He is also an Associate Professor in the UQ Business School at the University of Queensland. He has qualifications in Computer Science, Accounting, and a PhD in Commerce (Information Systems) from the University of Queensland. Dr Green is a Chartered Accountant and a Member of the Australian Computer Society. Dr Green has worked during his career as the Technical Systems Manager at the South-East Queensland Electricity Board (SEQEB), for a Chartered Accountancy firm, and a Queensland government department. Peter has researched, presented, and published widely on systems analysis and design, conceptual modeling, information systems auditing, and eCommerce. Dr Green's publications have appeared in such internationally refereed journals as Information Systems and the Australian Journal of Information Systems.
Michael Rosemann (Ed.)
Michael Rosemann is an Associate Professor in Information Systems at Queensland University of Technology. He is currently the Director of the Centre for IT Innovation. Michael holds a MBA (1992) and a PhD (1995) from the University of Münster, German. His main areas of interest are process and workflow management, conceptual modeling, ontologies and Enterprise Systems.