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Overview

Yair Wand is affiliated with the University of British Columbia in Canada. Their research primarily spans the fields of Computer Science and Decision Sciences, with a focus on various subfields including Management Science and Operations Research, Artificial Intelligence, Information Systems, Computer Networks and Communications, and Management Information Systems.

Their work addresses several key topics within these fields. These include Data Quality and Management, Semantic Web and Ontologies, Service-Oriented Architecture and Web Services, Advanced Database Systems and Queries, and Big Data and Business Intelligence.

Yair Wand has contributed to academic literature through publications in notable venues. They have published papers in the Journal of Database Management and the European Journal of Information Systems.

  • A Meta-Analysis of Ontological Guidance and Users' Understanding of Conceptual Models, 2020, Journal of Database Management
  • Skipping class: improving human-driven data exploration and querying through instances, 2021, European Journal of Information Systems

Their research collaborations include frequent coauthorship with Arash Saghafi and Jeffrey Parsons.

  • Arash Saghafi
  • Jeffrey Parsons

Best Publications

  • Anchoring data quality dimensions in ontological foundations

    Yair Wand;Richard Y. Wang

  • Research Commentary: Information Systems and Conceptual Modeling--A Research Agenda

    Yair Wand;Ron Weber

  • On the ontological expressiveness of information systems analysis and design grammars

    Yair Wand;Ron Weber

  • An ontological model of an information system

    Y. Wand;R. Weber

  • On the deep structure of information systems

    Yair Wand;Ron Weber

  • An ontological analysis of the relationship construct in conceptual modeling

    Yair Wand;Veda C. Storey;Ron Weber

  • A framework for empirical evaluation of conceptual modeling techniques

    Andrew Gemino;Yair Wand

  • Complexity and clarity in conceptual modeling: comparison of mandatory and optional properties

    Andrew Gemino;Yair Wand

  • Theoretical foundations for conceptual modelling in information systems development

    Yair Wand;David E. Monarchi;Jeffrey Parsons;Carson C. Woo

  • Organizational memory information systems: a transactive memory approach

    Dorit Nevo;Yair Wand

  • Emancipating instances from the tyranny of classes in information modeling

    Jeffrey Parsons;Yair Wand

  • A proposal for a formal model of objects

    Yair Wand

  • Using cognitive principles to guide classification in information systems modeling

    Jeffrey Parsons;Yair Wand

  • Evaluating modeling techniques based on models of learning

    Andrew Gemino;Yair Wand

  • Ontology based object-oriented domain modelling: fundamental concepts

    Joerg Evermann;Yair Wand

  • An ontological evaluation of systems analysis and design methods

    Yair Wand;Ron Weber

  • On the notion of soft‐goals in business process modeling

    Pnina Soffer;Yair Wand

  • Mario Bunge's ontology as a formal foundation for information systems concepts

    Yair Wand;Ron Weber

  • TOWARD A THEORY OF THE DEEP STRUCTURE OF INFORMATION SYSTEMS

    Yair Wand;Ron Weber

  • Guidelines for Empirical Evaluations of Conceptual Modeling Grammars

    Andrew Nicholas Burton-Jones;Yair Wand;Ronald Weber

  • A Proposal for a Formal Definition of the Design Concept

    Paul Ralph;Yair Wand

Frequent Co-Authors

Ron Weber
Ron Weber Monash University
Pnina Soffer
Pnina Soffer University of Haifa
Izak Benbasat
Izak Benbasat University of British Columbia
Robert Meersman
Robert Meersman Graz University of Technology
Matthias Jarke
Matthias Jarke RWTH Aachen University
Jérôme Euzenat
Jérôme Euzenat Grenoble Alpes University
Karl Aberer
Karl Aberer École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne
Oscar Pastor
Oscar Pastor Universitat Politècnica de València
Giancarlo Guizzardi
Giancarlo Guizzardi University of Twente
Steffen Staab
Steffen Staab University of Stuttgart

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