Editors Halpin (information systems, Neumont U.), Krogstie (information systems, IDI, Norwegian U. of Science and Technology) and Proper (enterprise engineering and architecting, Radboud U. Nijmegen) cover the latest advances and best practices in information systems modeling in this textbook aimed at students and fellow researchers in the field. The authors use contributions from leading experts in IS engineering to compare diagrammatical models for conceptual data and information, enriched conceptualization of subtyping, the enterprise approach, integrated requirement solutions and ORM conceptual schema languages. Selected readings are also presented on business process simulation, design principles for reference modeling and examination the quality of evaluation frameworks and metamodeling paradigms. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)