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General and Specific Model Notions

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Models are a universal and widely used instrument in Computer Science and Computer Engineering. There is a large variety of notions of models. A model functions in a utilisation scenario as an instrument. It is well-formed, adequate and dependable. It represents or deputes origins. This conception of the model is a very general one. Based on the notion of a stereotype as a starting point we show that specific or particular model notions are specialisations of the general notion.

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Notes

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    We follow R.T. White [24, 35] and distinguish between concepts, conceptual, conceptional, and conceptions.

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    Think for instance about the finer notions for whole in Aborigine language: yarla, pirti, pirnki, kartalpa, yulpilpa, mutara, nyarrkalpa, pulpa, makarnpa, and katarta.

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Thalheim, B. (2017). General and Specific Model Notions. In: Kirikova, M., Nørvåg, K., Papadopoulos, G. (eds) Advances in Databases and Information Systems. ADBIS 2017. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 10509. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-66917-5_2

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