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Semiotics in Information Systems Engineering.

Computer systems that support and enhance an organisation's performance and competitiveness can be better delivered if semiotic principles are understood and applied. The author describes here the application of semiotics to information systems. It is the first such treatment, and will appeal t...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Liu, Kecheng
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Preliminaries; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 Understanding semiotics; 3 A semiotic framework for information systems; 4 A semiotic approach to information systems development; 5 Knowledge representation and information analysis; 6 Semantic Analysis; 7 Pragmatics and communication; 8 The social layer: modelling organisations as information systems; 9 From semiotic analysis to systems design; 10 Semantic temporal databases; 11 Normbase: a new approach to information management; 12 Case study: development of a land resources information system.
  • 13 Case study: development of a test construction systemAppendix A Semantic templates and surrogate specification; Appendix B LEGOL applications in the CRIS case; Bibliography; Index.