论文标题
静态模型中的因果关系，作为对系统行为事件年表的初步限制
Causality in Static Models as an Initial Constraint on the Chronology of Events in System Behavior
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论文摘要
本文分析了概念模型中因果关系的概念，主要是在软件工程中应用的。概念系统建模可以视为一个三级过程，该过程始于构建静态结构描述以开发动态模型，该模型将确定用于指定事件年代学的事件。在这种情况下，该模型涉及一部分现实的代表，基于各种事物的本体及其基本关系。关系是根据其参与实体定义的。本文涉及事件之间的关系，特别是在建模中事件之间的因果关系。我们检查许多研究领域的因果关系，以了解其在建模中的作用。问题在于，根据许多研究人员的说法，因果关系在误导性的关联中受到密不可分，以至于很难定义，并且被神秘，争议和谨慎所笼罩。我们通过几个示例研究并阐明了因果关系的概念，将事件定义用作新概念建模方法中的时间/机器。总之，我们声称系统静态描述中因果关系的目的是限制系统的行为，从而排除事件的某些可能的年表。
This paper analyzes the notion of causality in a conceptual model, mainly as applied in software engineering. Conceptual system modeling can be considered a three-level process that begins with building a static structural description to develop a dynamic model that will identify events used to specify the chronology of events. In this context, the model involves a representation of a portion of reality, based on ontology of different kinds of things and their basic relations to each other. Relations are defined in terms of their participating entities. This paper concerns relations between events, specifically causal relations among events in modeling. We examine causality in many fields of study to understand its role in modeling. The problem is that, according to many researchers, causation is so inextricably bound up in misleading associations that it is hard to define and is shrouded in mystery, controversy, and caution. We study and clarify the notion of causality through several examples, utilizing an event definition as a time thing/machine in a new conceptual modeling methodology. In conclusion, we claim that the purpose of causal relations in a system s static description is to constrain the system s behavior and thus exclude some possible chronologies of events.
