Diagrams, narratives and ‘reality’

Mitologies: Medieval Labyrinth Narratives in Virtual Reality

Advances in technology have made it possible to create vast, rich, and architecturally intricate virtual worlds. The Mitologies project is an attempt to utilize this technology as a means of artistic expression and for the exploration of historical, political, musical, and visual narratives. Mitologies draws inspiration from a large pool of literary and artistic sources by capturing their inter...

IVRUX: A Tool for Analyzing Immersive Narratives in Virtual Reality

Process and Data Logic Integration: Logical Links between UML Use Case Narratives and ER Diagrams

We propose a methodology for providing clear and consistent integration of the process and data logic in the analysis stage of information systems’ development lifecycle. While our proposed approach is applicable across a variety of data and process modeling schemas, in this paper we discuss it in the context of UML use cases for process modeling and ER diagrams for data modeling. We illustrate...

Carter–Penrose diagrams and differential spaces

In this paper it is argued that a Carter–Penrose diagram can be viewed as a differential space.

Narratives versus Diagrams: the Impact of Alternative Business Process Representations on Auditor Risk and Control Assessments

Acknowledgements: We gratefully acknowledge the funding provided by the University of Waterloo's Centre for Information Systems Assurance. We are grateful to Scott Paquette and Gary Baker for help in administering the experiment. 2 ABSTRACT This study investigates the effectiveness of alternative methods for documenting business processes for the purpose of performing an assessment of risks and...