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A little theory of abstraction (2004)
| Venue: | Modellierung 2004, Proceedings zur Tagung, 23.-26. März 2004, Marburg, volume 45 of LNI |
| Citations: | 1 - 0 self |
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Kaschek04alittle,
author = {Roland Kaschek},
title = {A little theory of abstraction},
booktitle = {Modellierung 2004, Proceedings zur Tagung, 23.-26. März 2004, Marburg, volume 45 of LNI},
year = {2004},
pages = {75--92},
publisher = {GI}
}
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Abstract
By means of abstraction a notion A is derived from a notion S. The re-sulting notion A often is called abstraction as well. Abstraction is considered important for information systems development. It often is naively under-stood as simply prescinding from aspects not considered as important for a task at hand. This approach to abstraction does not take into account two points: Firstly, prior to prescinding from characteristics of a phenomenon this phenomenon must be constructed conceptually. Secondly, the extent of a notion in general only can be determined with respect to a scope that was presupposed. The present paper proposes an approach to abstraction that meets both of these points and restricts abstraction to be carried out only within prede¯ned conceptual frameworks. A few commonly used example frameworks are identi¯ed and discussed. The paper aims at helping those who feel that the known abstraction concepts for a task at hand are not satisfactory and want to de¯ne better suitable ones. 1
