Semiotics in Information Systems Engineering [Paperback]

This book, first published in 2000, covers applications of semiotics to computer system developments, aimed at professionals and academics.Semiotics, the science of signs, has recently found wide application in other areas of computer science, as it offers an insight into organisations and the computer systems that support them. Computer systems that fit into an organisation and that support and enhance its performance and competitiveness can be better delivered if semiotic principles are understood and applied. In this book the author describes the application of semiotics to information systems. The first such treatment, it will appeal to systems developers and analysts, those attending MSc conversion courses, and academic researchers.Semiotics, the science of signs, has recently found wide application in other areas of computer science, as it offers an insight into organisations and the computer systems that support them. Computer systems that fit into an organisation and that support and enhance its performance and competitiveness can be better delivered if semiotic principles are understood and applied. In this book the author describes the application of semiotics to information systems. The first such treatment, it will appeal to systems developers and analysts, those attending MSc conversion courses, and academic researchers.Semiotics, a well established discipline of signs and their use in human and computer communications, is increasingly recognized as important to understanding information systems and computing in general. This important new resource examines a set of semiotic methods for information systems development. Kecheng Liu offers well balanced coverage of recent theoretical investigations and practical applications. He introduces the MEASUR approach for requirements elicitation, analysis, and representation and illustrates the methods in three major case studies. In these cases he demonstrates how information systems can be developed to meet buslñ