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Comparing Conceptual Models and Data Flow Diagrams

Author(s) -

John Mingers

Publication year - 1988

Publication title -

the computer journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.319

H-Index - 64

eISSN - 1460-2067

pISSN - 0010-4620

DOI - 10.1093/comjnl/31.4.376

Subject(s) - computer science , data flow diagram , soft systems methodology , conceptual model , flow (mathematics) , management science , data science , operations research , systems engineering , information system , mathematics , engineering , management information systems , database , electrical engineering , geometry

In ‘Towards a tool kit for the systems analyst’, Benyon and Skidmore discuss various approaches to systems analysis and include a comparison of De Marco's data flow diagrams and Checkland's conceptual models. This note compares the two in greater detail and concludes that the underlying methodologies are much further apart than Benyon and Skidmore

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