Comparative Analysis of Conceptual and Domain Models

by Eleni Kaliva, Eleni Panopoulou, Information Technologies Institute, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece; Efthimios Tambouris, Konstantinos Tarabanis, Information Technologies Institute, Centre for Research and Technology Hellas, Thessaloniki, Greece; University of Macedonia, Thessaloniki, Greece. In this work, we perform a systematic literature review on conceptual and domain models for Policy Modelling (PM). We have identified 5 articles, 1 journal and 4 conference/ workshop articles, published during 2010-2013. The research on the domain is mainly stimulated by EC through funding R&D projects on PM. The research topic is rather immature and requires further investigation as only preliminary results have been published so far. The identified models cover both structural and functional aspects of PM. The most prominent modelling grammar is UML and the modelling scripts used include UML class, activity and use case diagrams and flow charts. The structural and functional concepts present great heterogeneity. In particular, we identified 58 unique structural and 27 functional concepts. This heterogeneity in concepts stems from the fact that each model is specialized for the policy modelling processes defined in each project.