EMMSAD'2013

EMMSAD 2013 was organized in Valencia, Spain, in June, 2013, in conjunction with CAiSE'13.

The field of information systems analysis and design includes numerous information modeling methods and notations (e.g., ER, ORM, UML, Archimate, EPC, DEMO, DFDs, BPMN) that are typically evolving. Even with some attempts toward standardization (e.g., UML for object-oriented design), new modeling methods are constantly being introduced, many of which differ only marginally from existing approaches. These ongoing changes significantly impact the way information systems are being analyzed and designed in practice. EMMSAD focuses on exploring, evaluating, and enhancing current information modeling methods and methodologies. Though the need for such studies is well recognized, there is a paucity of such research in the literature.

The objective of the conference is to provide a forum for researchers and practitioners interested in modeling methods in systems analysis and design to meet and exchange research ideas and results. It also gives the participants an opportunity to present their research papers and experience reports, and to take part in open discussions.

EMMSAD 2013 was the 18th in a series of events, previously held in Heraklion, Barcelona, Pisa, Heidelberg, Stockholm, Interlaken, Toronto, Velden, Riga, Porto, Luxembourg, Trondheim, Montpellier, Amsterdam, Hammamet, London and Gdansk. This year we had 27 papers submitted with authors from 18 countries and six continents. After an extensive review process by a distinguished international Program Committee, with each paper receiving at least three reviews, we accepted the 10 full papers and 2 short papers that appear in these proceedings. Congratulations to the successful authors!

Acknowledgements

Apart from the contribution by paper authors, the quality of EMMSAD 2013 depended in no small way on the generous contribution of time and effort by the Program Committee and the additional reviewers. Their work is greatly appreciated. We also express our sincere thanks to the CAiSE Organizing Committee.

Co-chairs:

1. Henderik A. Proper, Public Research Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg, and Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

2. Terry Halpin, INTI International University, Malaysia and LogicBlox, Australia

3. John Krogstie, Norwegian Institute of Science and Technology, Norway

4. Khaled Gaaloul, Public Research Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg

Advisory committee:

1. Keng Siau, Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA

Proceedings

The proceedings with the accepted papers are included in the LNBIP series of Springer.

Program Committee

1. Stephan Aier, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland

2. Antonia Albani, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

3. Raian Ali, Lero, University of Limerick, Ireland

4. David Aveiro, Madeira University

5. Eduard Babkin, Higher School of Economics, Moscow, Russia

6. Herman Balsters, University of Groningen, The Netherlands

7. Annie Becker, Florida Institute of Technology, USA

8. Giuseppe Berio, University of Torino, Italy

9. Nacer Boudjlida, Loria, France

10. Andy Carver, INTI International University, Malaysia

11. Olga De Troyer, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

12. John Erickson, University of Nebraska-Omaha, USA

13. Peter Fettke, Institute for Information Systems (IWi) at the DFKI, Germany

14. Wided Guedria, Public Research Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg

15. Sérgio Guerreiro: Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Lisbon, Portugal

16. Remigijus Gustas, Karlstad University, Sweden

17. Wolfgang Hesse, University of Marburg, Germany

18. Stijn Hoppenbrouwers, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

19. Philip Huysmans, University of Antwerp

20. Jon Iden, Norges Handelshøyskole, Bergen, Norway

21. Marite Kirikova, Riga Technical University, Latvia

22. Bogdan Lent, University of Applied Sciences, Zurich, Switzerland

23. Pericles Loucopoulos, Loughborough University, UK

24. Kalle Lyytinen, Case Western Reserve University, US

25. Leszek Maciaszek, Wroclaw University of Economics, Poland and Macquarie University Sydney, Australia

26. Florian Matthes, Technical University München, Germany

27. Raimundas Matulevičius, University of Tartu, Estonia

28. Graham McLeod, University of Cape Town, South Africa

29. Jan Mendling, Humboldt University, Berlin

30. Wolfgang Molnar, Public Research Centre Tudor, Luxembourg

31. Tony Morgan, INTI International University, Malaysia

32. Haralambos Mouratidis, University of East London, UK

33. Andreas L. Opdahl, University of Bergen, Norway

34. Sietse Overbeek, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands

35. Hervé Panetto, University Henri Poincaré Nancy I, France

36. Barbara Pernici, Politecnico di Milano, Italy

37. Anne Persson, University of Skövde, Sweden

38. Michaël Petit, University of Namur, Belgium

39. Nava Pliskin, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

40. Paul Ralph, Lancaster University, UK

41. Jolita Ralyté, University of Geneva, Switzerland

42. Sudha Ram, University of Arizona, USA

43. Jan Recker, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

44. Colette Rolland, University of Paris 1, France

45. Michael Rosemann, Queensland University of Technology, Australia

46. Matti Rossi, Helsinki School of Economics, Finland

47. Kurt Sandkuhl, Jönköping University, Sweden

48. Peretz Shoval, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

49. Piotr Soja, Cracow Economic University, Poland

50. Janis Stirna, Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden

51. Inge van de Weerd, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

52. Wil van der Aalst, Eindhoven University, The Netherlands

53. Dirk van der Linden, Public Research Centre Henri Tudor, Luxembourg

54. Johan Versendaal, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

55. Carson Woo, University of British Columbia, Canada

56. Jelena Zdravkovic, Stockholm University

57. Martin Zelm, CIMOSA, Germany

58. Iryna Zolotaryova, Kharkiv National University of Economics, Ukraine

59. Pär Ågerfalk, Uppsala University, Sweden