Formalizing the Conceptual Modeling Thought Process to Benefit Engineers and Scientists

Conceptual modeling began informally. As human beings evolved and began to make sense of the world, many constructed mental models of themselves as agents in a hostile environment. These models enabled them to make predictions and test hypotheses about behaviors that might increase their survival rate.
Similarly, engineers today develop mental models of the systems they design, and scientists construct such models to understand, explain, and predict natural phenomena. Conceptual models are both visual-graphical and verbal-textual, but almost always implicit and informal. Object-Process Methodology (OPM), recently approved as ISO 19450, is both an explicit conceptual modeling language and a paradigm for approaching systems modeling. OPM is bimodal. It represents the same model both graphically, in a single kind of diagram, and textually, in a subset of English-thus communicating to both sides of the brain.
This webinar will introduce the principles of OPM and demonstrate the value of OPM-based conceptual modeling in a variety of engineering and science domains. During this session, Professor Dov Dori will:
define and exemplify conceptual modeling and its benefits in various disciplines;
introduce OPM as a formal modeling language that is agile, lightweight, compact, and easy to learn;
show how OPM has benefited engineers and scientists in various disciplines; and
present a vision for the future role of conceptual modeling in improving endeavors across science and engineering.