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Evaluation of Automatically Generated Conceptual Database Model Based on Business Process Model: Controlled Experiment

  • Danijela BanjacEmail author
  • Drazen Brdjanin
  • Goran Banjac
  • Slavko Maric
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Part of the Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing book series (AISC, volume 665)

Abstract

This paper presents the results of the controlled experiment that we have conducted in order to evaluate an approach to automated design of the initial conceptual database model based on the collaborative business process model. The source business process model is represented by BPMN, while the target conceptual model is represented by UML class diagram. The results of the experiment imply that the approach enables generation of the target conceptual model with a high percentage of completeness (>85%) and precision (>85%), which confirms the results of the initial case-study based evaluation.

Keywords

BPMN Collaborative business process model Conceptual database model Evaluation Experiment Model-driven UML 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Danijela Banjac
    • 1
    Email author
  • Drazen Brdjanin
    • 1
  • Goran Banjac
    • 1
  • Slavko Maric
    • 1
  1. 1.Faculty of Electrical EngineeringUniversity of Banja LukaBanja LukaBosnia and Herzegovina

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