Reference Modeling for Business Systems Analysis

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Conceptual models play an increasingly important role in all phases of the information systems life cycle. Despite being vital for developing information systems, the modeling process is often resource consuming and faulty. Reference Modeling for Business Systems Analysis addresses the problems by covering methodological issues and reference models for several industries, and introduces concepts and techniques with concrete examples.

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Peter Fettke obtained a Masters Degree in Information Systems (Diplom-Wirtschaftsinformatiker) from the University of Münster, Germany. Since April 2006 he is a Senior Researcher in Information Systems, Institute for Information Systems (IWi) at the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), Saarbrücken, Germany. Peter has taught and researched previously at the Technical University of Chemnitz and the Johannes Gutenberg-University Mainz, both Germany. His research interests include information systems analysis and design, especially the use of conceptual modeling and component-based system paradigm. Peter has published numerous articles on reference modeling, conceptual modeling and component-based engineering in both national and international journals and conference proceedings. He is also a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Cases on Information Technology (JCIT) as well as the Journal of System and the Management Sciences (JSMS) and serves as a regular reviewer for the Information Resources Management Journal (IRMJ), Data & Knowledge Engineering (DKE), and International Journal of Interoperability in Business Information Systems (IBIS). Recently, he has finished his PhD thesis on structuralist foundations for the ontological evaluation of reference models. Professor Dr. Peter Loos (1960) is director of the Institute for Information Systems (IWi) at the German Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and head of the Chair of Business Administration and Information Systems at Saarland University. His research activities include business process management, informationmodeling, enterprise systems, software development as well as implementation of information systems. Professor Loos studied business administration and information systems at the University of Saarland and completed his degree (Dipl.-Kfm.) in 1984. He wrote his PhD thesis on the issue of data modeling in manufacturing systems awarded with the Dr.-Eduard