| Author | Thadthong Bhrammanee |
| Call Number | AIT Diss. no.IM-08-01 |
| Subject(s) | Decision support systems
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| Note | A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Techonical Science in Information Management |
| Publisher | Asian Institute of Technology |
| Series Statement | Dissertation ; no. IM-08-01 |
| Abstract | Modelbases and databases are complementary to each other in Decision Support Systems. Hence, there exists a need for a framework to uniformly represent model bases and databases in order to facilitate information exchange and integration between them. Because of the advancement in Web technologies, impacts on business (e.g. a business globalization) and user perspectives, such a framework must be Web-based, promote reuse and share modelbase and database information among branch locations, and be able to express user-defined rules, which are culturally diverse. This research proposes a unified representation framework for modelbases and databases. It comprises two major components: Ontology and Schema. The former provides the meanings of specific terminology widely agreed upon by concerned communities; the latter contains purely generic schematic descriptions of specific information. The framework is represented by means of the proposed OWL Declarative Description (ODD)-a language with well-defined semantics and expressive means for direct and uniform representation of database and modelbase components as well as inferences and rules. A prototype system is implemented in order to demonstrate the feasibility of the proposed representation framework. The Web-based system is fully built upon the eXtensible Markup Language (XML)-based technologies |
| Year | 2008 |
| Corresponding Series Added Entry | Asian Institute of Technology. Dissertation ; no. IM-08-01 |
| Type | Dissertation |
| School | School of Engineering and Technology (SET) |
| Department | Department of Information and Communications Technologies (DICT) |
| Academic Program/FoS | Information Management (IM) |
| Chairperson(s) | Vilas Wuwongsa |
| Examination Committee(s) | Vatcharaporn Esichaikul;Do Ba Khang;Sharda, Ramesh |
| Degree | Thesis (Ph.D.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2008 |