Tangible Modelling to Elicit Domain Knowledge: An Experiment and Focus Group

Dan Ionita; Roelf J. Wieringa; Jan-Willem Bullee; Alexandr Vasenev

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-25264-3_42

Tangible Modelling to Elicit Domain Knowledge: An Experiment and Focus Group

Dan Ionita, Roelf J. Wieringa, Jan-Willem Bullee, Alexandr Vasenev

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › Academic › peer-review

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Abstract

Conceptual models represent social and technical aspects of the world relevant to a variety of technical and non-technical stakehold- ers. To build these models, knowledge might have to be collected from domain experts who are rarely modelling experts and don’t usually have the time or desire to learn a modelling language. We investigate an app- roach to overcome this challenge by using physical tokens to represent the conceptual model. We call the resulting models tangible models. We illustrate this idea by creating a tangible representation of a socio- technical modelling language and provide initial evidence of the relative usability and utility of tangible versus abstract modelling. We discuss psychological and social theories that could explain these observations and discuss generalizability and scalability of the approach.

Original language	Undefined
Title of host publication	34th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2015
Editors	Paul Johannesson, Mong Li Lee, Stephen W. Liddle, Andreas L. Opdahl, Óscar Pastor López
Place of Publication	Berlin
Publisher	Springer
Pages	558-565
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Print)	978-3-319-25263-6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25264-3_42
Publication status	Published - 22 Oct 2015
Event	34th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2015 - Stockholm, Sweden Duration: 19 Oct 2015 → 22 Oct 2015 Conference number: 34

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Volume	9381
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	34th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2015
Abbreviated title	ER
Country/Territory	Sweden
City	Stockholm
Period	19/10/15 → 22/10/15

Keywords

EWI-26390
SCS-Cybersecurity
Tangible modelling
Socio-technical
EC Grant Agreement nr.: FP7/2007-2013
IR-97944
Enterprise models
Usability experiment
Participatory modelling
METIS-312746
EC Grant Agreement nr.: FP7/318003

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Ionita, D., Wieringa, R. J., Bullee, J-W., & Vasenev, A. (2015). Tangible Modelling to Elicit Domain Knowledge: An Experiment and Focus Group. In P. Johannesson, M. Li Lee, S. W. Liddle, A. L. Opdahl, & Ó. P. López (Eds.), 34th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2015 (pp. 558-565). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 9381). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25264-3_42

Ionita, Dan ; Wieringa, Roelf J. ; Bullee, Jan-Willem ; Vasenev, Alexandr. / Tangible Modelling to Elicit Domain Knowledge: An Experiment and Focus Group. 34th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2015. editor / Paul Johannesson ; Mong Li Lee ; Stephen W. Liddle ; Andreas L. Opdahl ; Óscar Pastor López. Berlin : Springer, 2015. pp. 558-565 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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Ionita, D, Wieringa, RJ, Bullee, J-W & Vasenev, A 2015, Tangible Modelling to Elicit Domain Knowledge: An Experiment and Focus Group. in P Johannesson, M Li Lee, SW Liddle, AL Opdahl & ÓP López (eds), 34th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2015. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 9381, Springer, Berlin, pp. 558-565, 34th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2015, Stockholm, Sweden, 19/10/15. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25264-3_42

Tangible Modelling to Elicit Domain Knowledge: An Experiment and Focus Group. / Ionita, Dan; Wieringa, Roelf J.; Bullee, Jan-Willem; Vasenev, Alexandr.

34th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2015. ed. / Paul Johannesson; Mong Li Lee; Stephen W. Liddle; Andreas L. Opdahl; Óscar Pastor López. Berlin : Springer, 2015. p. 558-565 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 9381).

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Ionita D, Wieringa RJ, Bullee J-W, Vasenev A. Tangible Modelling to Elicit Domain Knowledge: An Experiment and Focus Group. In Johannesson P, Li Lee M, Liddle SW, Opdahl AL, López ÓP, editors, 34th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, ER 2015. Berlin: Springer. 2015. p. 558-565. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25264-3_42