General Information
NameProf. Peretz Shoval
DepartmentDepartment of Software and Information Systems Engineering
Emailshoval@bgu.ac.il
Personal Web SitePersonal Web Site
Academic RankProfessor Emeritus


ACM Distinguished Scientist

 

 

Peretz Shoval has been selected by ACM, the world's largest educational and scientific computing society, as a Distinguished Scientist.

 

ACM Distinguished Scientist is an advanced member grade recognizing the top ACM members with many years of professional experience that have made significant accomplishments or achieved a significant impact on the computing field as a scientist.

   

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Books and Monograms

 

P. Shoval (2015). Planning, Analysis and Design of Information Systems. 2nd Edition. The Open University Press, 3 Volumes:

-   Volume 1: Planning

-   Volume 2: Analysis and Design - the Functional Approach

-   Volume 3: Analysis and Design - the Object-Oriented Approach and UML

P. Shoval (2007). Functional and Object-Oriented Analysis & Design - An Integrated Methodology. IGI - Idea Group Publishers. http://www.igi-global.com/affiliate/peretz-shoval/1239

P. Shoval (2004). Analysis & Design of Information Systems – Combining Processes and Objects. The Open University Press.

P. Shoval (1998). Planning, Analysis and Design of Information Systems. The Open University Press, 3 Volumes:

-   Volume 1: Planning

-   Volume 2: Analysis and Design

-   Volume 3: Prototyping, CASE, and Object-Oriented Approach

P. Shoval (editions: 1992; 1994; 1998; 2002; 2006). Files Organization and Processing - Lecture Notes, BGU (117 pages).

P. Shoval (editions: 1992; 1994). Systems Analysis and Design with ADISSA Methodology - Lecture Notes, BGU (128 pages).

P. Shoval (1981). An Expert Consultation System for a Retrieval Database with a Semantic-Network of Concepts. Ph.D. Dissertation, University of Pittsburgh. Ann Arbor, Mich.: University Microfilms.

   

Journal Papers

 

 

M. Dahan, P. Shoval, A. Sturm (2012). "Comparing the impact of the OO-DFD and the Use Case methods for modeling functional requirements on comprehension and quality of models - a controlled experiment". Requirements Engineering, 2014, Vol. 19, pp. 27-43. 

J. Abramov, A. Sturm, P. Shoval, (2012). "Evaluation of the Pattern-based method for Secure Development (PbSD): a controlled experiment". Information & Software Technology, Vol. 54, pp. 1029-1043.

J. Abramov, O. Anson, M. Dahana, P. Shoval, A. Sturm (2012). "A methodology for integrating access control policies within database development". Computers and Security, Vol. 31, pp. 299-314.

V. Maidel, P. Shoval, B. Shapira, M. Taieb-Maimon (2010). "Ontological content-based filtering for personalized newspaper – the method and its evaluation". Online Information Review (OIR), Vol. 34 (5), pp.729 – 756.

B. Shapira, P. Shoval, J. Meyer and N. Tractinsky . (2009). "ePaper - a personalized mobile newspaper". Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology  (JASIST), Vol. 60 (11), pp. 2333-2346.

P. Shoval, V. Maidel and B. Shapira (2008). "An ontology- content-based filtering method". Int'l Journal of Information Theories and Applications, Vol. 15 (4), pp. 303-314.

T. Kuflik, Z. Boger and P. Shoval (2006). "Filtering search results using an optimal set of terms identified by an Artificial Neural Network". Information Processing & Management, Vol. 42, pp. 469-483.

P. Shoval and J. Kabeli (2005). "Data modeling or functional modeling – which comes first? An experimental comparison". Communications of the AIS (Association of Information Systems), Vol. 16, pp. 827-843.

C. Glezer, M. Last, E. Nahmani and P. Shoval (2005). "Quality and comprehension of UML interaction diagrams – an experimental comparison". Information & Software Technology, Vol. 47, pp. 675-692.

J. Kabeli and P. Shoval (2005). "Comprehension and quality of analysis specifications – a comparison of FOOM and OPM methodologies". Information & Software Technology, Vol. 47 (4), pp. 271-290.

P. Shoval, R. Danoch and M. Balabam (2004). "Hierarchical entity-relationship diagrams: the model, method of creation and experimental evaluation". Requirements Engineering, Vol. 9, pp. 217-228.

P. Shoval and T. Kuflik (2004). "Effectiveness of title-search vs. full-text search in the Web". Int'l Journal of Information Theories & Applications, Vol. 11 (2), p. 151-157.

T. Kuflik, B. Shapira and P. Shoval (2003). "Stereotype-based versus personal-based filtering rules in information filtering systems". Journal of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (JASIST), Vol. 54 (30), pp. 243-250.

M. Balaban and P. Shoval (2002). “MEER – an EER model enhanced with structure methods”. Information Systems, Vol. 27, pp. 245-275.

A. Lazarov and P. Shoval (2002). “A rule-based system for automatic assignment of technicians to service faults”. Decision Support Systems, Vol. 32, pp. 343-360.

U. Hanani, B. Shapira and P. Shoval (2001). Information filtering: overview of issues, research and systems”. User Modeling and User-Adapted Interaction (UMUAI), Vol. 11 (3), pp. 203-259.

Also translated into Chinese and appeared in an abbreviated version in: New Technology of Library and Information Service (2005/6), pp. 30-38. (Translated and abbreviated by Cheng Ni, Cui Jianhai and Wang Jun).

Z. Boger, T. Kuflik, P. Shoval and B. Shapira (2001). “Automatic keyword identification by artificial neural networks compared to manual identification by users of filtering systems”. Information Processing & Management, Vol. 37 (2), pp. 187-198.

P. Shoval and J. Kabeli (2001). “FOOM: functional- and object-oriented analysis & design of information systems - an integrated methodology”. Journal of Database Management, Vol. 12 (1), pp. 15-25.

B. Shapira, P. Shoval and U. Hanani (1999). “Experimentation with an information filtering system that combines cognitive and sociological filtering integrated with user stereotypes”. Decision Support Systems, Vol. 27, pp. 5-24.

M. Balaban and P. Shoval (1999). “Enhancing the ER model with integrity methods”. Journal of Database Management, Vol. 10 (4), pp. 14-23.

P. Shoval and O. Feldman (1997). “A combination of the Mk-II function points software estimation method with the ADISSA methodology for systems analysis and design”. Information & Software Technology, Vol. 39, pp. 855-865.

B. Shapira, P. Shoval and U. Hanani (1997). “Stereotypes in information filtering systems”. Information Processing & Management, Vol. 33 (3), pp. 273-287.

B. Shapira, U. Hanani, A. Raveh and P. Shoval (1997). “Information filtering: a new two-phase model using stereotypic user profiling”. Journal of Intelligent Information Systems, Vol. 8, pp. 155-165.

P. Shoval (1997). “Experimental comparisons of Entity-Relationship and Object-Oriented data models”. Australian Journal of Information Systems, Vol. 4 (2), pp. 74-81.

P. Shoval and S. Shiran (1997). “Entity-Relationship and Object-Oriented data modeling - an experimental comparison of design quality". Data & Knowledge Engineering (DKE), Vol. 21, pp. 297-315.

P. Shoval and R. Giladi (1996). “Determination of an implementation order for IS projects”. Information & Management, Vol. 31, pp. 67-74.

B. Shapira, P. Shoval, A. Raveh, U. Hanani (1996). “Hypertext browsing: a new model based on information filtering with user profiles using data analysis methods”. Online & CD-ROM Review, Vol. 20 (1), pp. 3-10.

P. Shoval (1995). "Experimental comparison between automatic and manual menu-interface design methods". Interacting With Computers, Vol. 7 (1), pp. 73-89.

P. Shoval (1995). "Structured method for designing subsystems". Information & Software Technology, Vol. 37 (2), pp. 79-85.

Y. Kornatzky and P. Shoval (1994). "Conceptual design of object-oriented database schemas using the binary-relationship model". Data & Knowledge Engineering (DKE), Vol. 14, pp. 265-288.

P. Shoval and I. Frumermann (1994). "OO and EER conceptual schemas: a comparison of use comprehension".Journal of Database Management, Vol. 5 (4), pp. 28-38.

R. Giladi and P. Shoval (1994). "An architecture of an intelligent system for routing user requests in a network of heterogeneous databases". Journal of Intelligent Information Systems (JIIS), Vol. 3, pp. 205-221.

A. Mehrez, G. Howard, Y. Lugasi and P. Shoval (1993). "Information system planning and selection: a multi-attribute theoretic approach". The Computer Journal, Vol. 36 (6), pp. 525-541.

P. Shoval and N. Shreiber (1993). "Database reverse engineering: from the relational to the binary-relationship model". Data & Knowledge Engineering (DKE), Vol. 10, pp. 293-315.

P. Shoval (1993). "On non-constrained, constrained and mandatory many-to-many relationship types". Journal of Database Management, Vol. 4 (1), pp. 3-14.

G. Babin, F. Lustman and P. Shoval (1991). "Specification and design of transaction systems: a formal approach". IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering, Vol. 17 (8), August, pp. 814-829.

P. Shoval (1991). "One-to-one dependencies in database design". IEEE Transactions on Knowledge & Data Engineering, Vol. 3, September, pp. 371-379.

P. Shoval (1991). "An integrated methodology for functional analysis, process design and database design”. Information Systems, Vol. 16 (1), pp. 49-64.

P. Shoval and S. Zohn (19991). “Binary-relationship integration methodology”. Data & Knowledge Engineering (DKE), Vol. 6 (3), May, pp. 225-250.

M. Dror, P. Shoval and A. Yelin (1991). "Multiobjective linear programming: another DSS". Decision Support Systems, Vol. 7, pp. 221-232.

P. Shoval, B. Arazi, E. Gudes and D. Ephraim (1990). "ERSE: an expert retrieval system for electronic databases". Expert Systems for Information Management, Vol. 3 (2), pp. 85-114.

P. Shoval (1990). "Functional design of a menu-tree interface within structured system development". Int'l Journal of Man-Machine Studies, Vol. 33, October, pp. 537-556.

P. Shoval and N. Pliskin (1990). "Structured support for advanced end-user prototyping". Education and Computing, Vol. 6 (1), July, pp. 33-41.

P. Shoval and O. Manor (1990). "Software engineering tools supporting ADISSA methodology for systems analysis and design. Information & Software Technology, Vol. 32 (5), pp. 357-369.

N. Pliskin and P. Shoval (1989). "Responsibility sharing between sophisticated users and professionals in Structured Prototyping". Information & Software Technology, Vol. 31 (8), October, pp. 438-448.

P. Shoval and Y. Lugasi (1989). "Computer systems selection: the graphical cost-benefit approach". Information & Management, Vol. 15, pp. 163-172.

    Also translated into Dutch and appeared in: Management en Organisatie van Automatisering­smiddelen. The Netherlands, 1990/2, pp. 72-83.

P. Shoval and N. Pliskin (1988). "Structured prototyping: integrating prototyping into structured system development". Information & Management, Vol. 14 (1), pp. 19-30.

P. Shoval (1988). "ADISSA: Architectural Design of Information Systems based on Structured Analysis". Information Systems, Vol. 13 (2), pp. 193-210.

P. Shoval, E. Gudes, and M. Goldstein (1988). "GISD: a graphical interactive system for database conceptual design". Information Systems, Vol. 13 (1), pp. 81-95.

P. Shoval and M. Even-Chaime (1987). "ADDS: a system for automatic database schema design based on the Binary Relationship model". Data & Knowledge Engineering (DKE), Vol. 2, pp. 123-144.

N. Pliskin and P. Shoval (1987). "End-user prototyping: sophisticated users supporting system development". Data Base, Vol. 18 (4), pp. 7-17.

P. Shoval and Y. Lugasi (1987). "Models for computer systems evaluation and selection". Information & Management, Vol. 12 (3), March, pp. 117-129.

P. Shoval and M. Even-Chaime (1987). "Database schema design: an experimental comparison between Normalization and Information Analysis". Data Base, Vol. 18 (3), pp. 30-39.

M. Hanani and P. Shoval (1986). "A combined methodology for systems analysis and design based on ISAC and NIAM". Information Systems, Vol. 11 (3), pp. 245-253.

P. Shoval (1986). "Comparison of decision support strategies in expert consultation systems". Int'l Journal of Man-Machine Studies, Vol. 24, pp. 125-139.

P. Shoval (1985). "Essential information structure diagrams and database schema design". Information Systems, Vol. 10 (4), pp. 417-423.

P. Shoval (1985). "Principles, procedures and rules in an expert system for information retrieval". Information Processing and Management, Vol. 21 (6), pp. 475-487.

   

Collective Volumes (Editor)

 

J. Parsons, M. Saeki, P. Shoval, C. Woo and Y. Wand (2010), Editors: Conceptual Modeling – ER2010, Proceedings of the 29th Int'l Conference on Conceptual Modeling, 29th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, Vancouver, Canada, November 1-4. LNCS 6412, Springer. (488 pages)

P. Shoval and A. Silberschatz (1998). Guest Editors: Data & Knowledge Engineering, Vol. 28 (95 pages).

P. Shoval and A. Silberschatz (1997), Editors: Next Generation Information Technologies and Systems, Proceedings of the 3rd NGITS Workshop, June 1977 (252 pages).

P. Shoval (1991), Editor: Proceeding of the 26th Annual IPAI (Information Processing Association of Israel) National Conference, Jerusalem, October 1991 (396 pages).

   

Chapters in Books

 

J. Abramov, O. Anson, A. Sturm, and P. Shoval (2012). "Tool support for enforcing security policies on databases". In: S. Nurcan (Ed.): CAiSE Forum 2011, Springer LNBIP 107, pp. 126--141.

M. Levy, L. Rokach, B. Shapira, P. Shoval (2012). "Personalized knowledge service for smart cell-phone based on usage - conceptual model and intention prediction algorithm". In: Kantola & Karwowski (Eds.) Knowledge Service Engineering Handbook. CRC press at Taylor & Francis, pp. 310-323.

P. Shoval and J. Kabeli (2009). "Designing class methods from dataflow diagrams". In: Papadopoulos, G. et al. (Eds.) Information Systems Development - Towards a Service Provision Society. Springer (forthcoming). (An earlier version appeared in Proc. of ISD-08, 13th Int'l Conference on Information Systems Development, Cyprus; August 2008.)

P. Shoval, M. Last and A. Yampolsky (2009). "Data Modeling and Functional Modeling - Examining the Preferred Order of Using UML Class Diagrams and Use Cases". In:  T. Halpin, E. Proper, J. Krogstie (Eds.): Innovations in Information Systems Modeling: Methods and Best Practices. IGI Global, Ch. 7, pp. 122-142. (An earlier version appeared in Proc. of the 11th CAISE/ IFIP8.1 Int'l Workshop on Evaluation of Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD’06), Luxemburg, June 2006, pp. 453-464.)

P. Shoval and J. Kabeli (2009). "Functional and Object-Oriented Methodology for Analysis and Design". In: M. Khosrow-Pour (Editor). Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, 2nd Edition, IGI Global, pp. 1592-1600.

J. Kabeli and P. Shoval (2005). "Quality of analysis specifications – a comparison of FOOM and OPM methodologies.  In K. Siau (Editor): Advanced Topics in Database Research, Vol. 4.  Idea Group, Hershey, Chapter 13, pp. 283-296. (An earlier version appeared in Proc. of the 9th CAISE/ IFIP8.1/EUNO Int'l Workshop EMMSAD’04, Riga, Latvia, June 2004, pp. 139-150.)

P. Shoval and J. Kabeli (2005). "Essentials of Functional and Object-Oriented Methodology". In: M. Khosrow-Pour (Ed.). Encyclopedia of Information Science and Technology, Idea Group Reference, pp. 1108-1115.

J. Kabeli and P. Shoval (2005). “A comparison of the FOOM and OPM methodologies for user comprehension of analysis specifications”. In: J. Krogstie, T. Halpin & K. Siau (Editors): Information Modeling Methods and Methodologies, Idea Group, Hershey, Chapter 9, pp.175-195. (An earlier version appeared in: Proc. of the 7th CAISE/ IFIP8.1 Int’l Workshop EMMSAD’02, Toronto, Canada, May 2002, pp. 23-36.)

R. Danoch, P. Shoval and M. Balaban (2005). “Comprehension of hierarchical ER diagrams compared to flat ER diagrams". In: J. Krogstie, T. Halpin & K. Siau (Editors): Information Modeling Methods, and Methodologies, Idea Group, Hershey, Chapter 12, pp. 241-257.

J. Kabeli and P. Shoval (2003). "The application of FOOM methodology to IFIP conference case study". In Peckham, J. and Lloyd, S. (Editors): Practicing Software Engineering in the 21st Century, IRM Press, Hershey. Chapter VII, pp. 82-95.

P. Shoval, R. Danoch and M. Balaban (2003). "Hierarchical ER diagrams (HERD) -
the method and experimental evaluation". In: A. Olive, M. Yoshikawa and E. Yu (Eds.), Advanced Conceptual Modeling Techniques, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2784, Springer, pp.264-274. (An earlier version appeared in: Proc. of the 1st Int'l Workshop IWCMQ-0, Tampere, Finland. October 2002.)

P. Shoval and J. Kabeli (2002). “FOOM - Functional and Object-Oriented Methodology for analysis and design of information systems”. In K. Siau (Editor): Advanced Topics in Database Research, Idea Group, Hershey, pp. 58-86.

M. Balaban and P. Shoval (2002), “Enforcing cardinality constraints in the ER model with integrity methods”. In K. Siau (Editor): Advanced Topics in Database Research, Idea Group, Hershey, pp. 1-16.

S. Lazinger and P. Shoval (1987). “Prototyping a microcomputer-based online library catalog”. Occasional Papers series, No. 177. University of Illinois, March, pp. 3-47.

   

Papers in Int'l Conferences

 

M. Dahan, P. Shoval and A. Sturm (2011). "An empirical comparison between two methods for defining functional requirements: Use Cases vs. OO-DFDS". Proc. of the 6th Mediterranean Conference on Information Systems (MCIS), Limassol, Cyprus, 3-5 September, 2011.

J. Abramov, A. Sturm and P. Shoval (2011). "A pattern based approach for secure database design". Proc. of the 1st Int'l Workshop on Information Systems Security Engineering (WISSE); in conjunction with the 23rd CAISE Conference, London, UK, 20-24 June 2011. In: C. Solinesi & O. Pastor (Eds.): CaiSE 2011 Workshops, LNBIP 83, pp. 637-651.

M. Levy, P. Shoval, B. Shapira (2010). "Personalized knowledge service based on smart cell-phone usage: a conceptual framework". Proc. of the 16th Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS), Lima, Peru, August 12-15, 2010.

M. Levy, P. Shoval, B. Shapira, D. Aviram, M. Tubi (2010). “Task modeling infrastructure for analyzing smart phone usage”. Proc. of ICMB/GMR 2010 9th Int'l Conf. on Mobile Business and the 9th Global Mobility Roundtable, Athens, Greece.

A. Sturm, J. Abramov, P. Shoval (2009).  "Validating and implementing security patterns for database applications".  Proc. of SPAQu'09, 3rd Int'l Workshop on Software Patterns and Quality. Orlando, Florida, October, pp. 40-45.

V. Maidel, P. Shoval, B. Shapira and M. Taieb-Maimon (2008). "Evaluation of an ontology-Content-based filtering method for a personalized newspaper". Proc. of RecSys08, ACM International Conference on Recommender Systems, Lausanne, Switzerland, October,

P. Shoval, J. Kabeli (2008). "Designing class methods from data-flow diagrams". Proc. of ISD-08, 13th International Conference on Information Systems Development, Cyprus, August 2008.

L. Tenenboim, B. Shapira, P. Shoval (2008). "Ontology-based classification of news in an electronic newspaper". Proc. of International Conference on Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems" (INFOS 2008), Varna, Bulgaria, June, pp. 89-97.

O. Inbar, N. Ben-Asher, T. Porat, D. Mimran, B. Shapira, P. Shoval, J. Meyer, N. Tractinsky (2008). "All the news that's fit to e-Ink". Proc. of ACM Int'l Conference on Human-Computer Interaction (CHI'08); Research Landscapes Program. Florence, Italy, April, pp. 3621-3626.

B. Shapira, P. Shoval, J. Meyer, N. Tractinsky, D. Mimran (2008). "ePaper - the personalized mobile newspaper". Proc. of 12th Int'l Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI '08), January 2008, Canary Islands, Spain.

P. Shoval, V. Maidel, B. Shapira (2007). "An ontology- content-based filtering method". Proc. of 5th Int'l Conference on Information & Research Applications (I.Tech-2007), Varna, Bulgaria, June 2007, pp. 51-63.

P. Shoval, A. Yampolsky, M. Last (2006). "Class diagrams and use-cases - experimental examination of the preferred order of modeling". Proc. of the 11th CAISE/ IFIP8.1 Int'l Workshop on Evaluation of Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD’06), Luxemburg, June 2006, pp. 453-464.

C.. Glezer, M. Last, E. Nahmani, P. Shoval (2005). "Experimental comparison of sequence and collaboration diagrams in different application domains". Proc. of the Tenth CAISE/ IFIP8.1 Int'l Workshop on Evaluation of Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD’05), Porto, Portugal, June 2005, pp. 463-476.

J. Kabeli and P. Shoval (2004). "Quality of analysis specifications – a comparison of FOOM and OPM methodologies". Proc. of the Ninth CAISE/ IFIP8.1/EUNO Int'l Workshop on Evaluation of Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD’04), Riga, Latvia, June 2004, pp. 139-150.

J. Kabeli and P. Shoval (2003). "Software analysis process – which order of activities is preferred? an experimental comparison using FOOM methodology". Proc. of WsSTE'03 - IEEE Int’l Conference on Software – Science, Technology & Engineering, Herzliya, Israel, 4-5 November 2003.

J. Kabeli and P. Shoval (2003). "Data modeling and functional analysis: what comes next? an experimental comparison using FOOM methodology". Proc. of the Eight CAISE/ IFIP8.1 Int’l Workshop on Evaluation of Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD’03), Velden, Austria, June 2003, pp. 48-57.

R. Danoch, P. Shoval and M. Balaban (2002). "Hierarchical ER diagrams (HERD) -
the method and experimental evaluation". Proc. of the 1st Int'l Workshop on Conceptual Modeling Quality (IWCMQ-02). In conjunction with ER-2002, the 21st Int'l Conference on Conceptual Modeling, Tampere, Finland, October 2002.

J. Kabeli and P. Shoval (2002). “A comparison of the FOOM and OPM methodologies for user comprehension of analysis specifications”. Proc. of the Seventh CAISE/IFIP8.1 Int’l Workshop on Evaluation of Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD’02), Toronto, Canada, May 2002, pp 23-36.

J. Kabeli and P. Shoval (2002). "FOOM and OPM methodologies - experimental comparison of user comprehension".  Proc. of the 5th Int'l Workshop NGITS'02, Caesarea, Israel, June 2002. Published in: A. Halevi and A. Gal (Eds.), Next Generation Information Technologies and Systems, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 2382, Springer-Verlag, pp. 107-122.

J. Kabeli and P. Shoval (2002). "FOOM - An integrated methodology for analysis and design of information systems". Proc. of Information Resources Management Association (IRMA 2002), Seattle, Washington, USA, May.

D. Goren-Bar, T. Kuflik, D. Lev and P. Shoval (2001). “Automating personal categorization using artificial neural networks”, - Proc. of the 8th Int'l Conference on User Modeling - UM-2001. Sonthofen, Germany. Published in: LNAI 2109, Springer-Verlag, pp. 188–198.

J. Kabeli and P. Shoval (2001). “Evaluation of FOOM – a functional- and object-oriented analysis & design methodology”, Proc. of the Sixth CAISE/IFIP8.1 Int’l Workshop on Evaluation of Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD’01), Interlaken, Switzerland, June.

R. Danoch, P. Shoval and M. Balaban (2001). “Hierarchical evolution of Entity-Relationship diagrams – a bottom-up approach”, Proc. of the Sixth CAISE/IFIP8.1 Int’l Workshop on Evaluation of Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD’01), Interlaken, Switzerland, June.

Z. Boger, T. Kuflik, B. Shapira and P. Shoval (2000). “Information filtering and automatic keyword identification by artificial neural networks”, Proc. of ECIS 2000 – 8th European Conference on Information Systems, Vienna, Austria, July, pp. 379-385.

P. Shoval and J. Kabeli (2000). “Functional and object-oriented analysis & design of information systems – an integrated methodology”, Proc. of the Fifth CAISE/ IFIP8.1 Int’l Workshop on Evaluation of Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD’00), Stockholm, Sweden, June.

T. Kuflik and P. Shoval (2000). “User profile generation for intelligent information agents – research in progress”, in: Agent-Oriented Information Systems 2000, published by iCue, Berlin; and in: Proc. of the Second CAISE Int’l Workshop Agent-Oriented Information Systems (AOIS-2000), Stockholm, Sweden, June, pp. 63-72.

M. Balaban and P. Shoval (1999). “Resolving the weak status of weak entity types in Entity Relationship schemas”, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1728, Proc. of 18th Int’l Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER’99), Paris, France, Nov., pp. 369-383.

P. Shoval, B. Shapira and U. Hanani (1999). “Strategies for filtering e-mail messages combining content-based and sociological filtering with user-stereotypes”. In: R. Pinter and S. Tsur (eds.), Next Generation Information Technologies and Systems, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1649, Proc. of the 4th Int'l Workshop NGITS'99, Zikhron- Yaakov, Israel, July, pp.40-49.

M. Balaban and P. Shoval (1998). “Enhancing the ER model with structure methods”, Proc. of the Third CAISE/IFIP8.1 Int’l Workshop on Evaluation of Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD’98), Pisa, Italy, May.

P. Shoval (1996). “A tool for mapping Binary-Relationship diagrams to Object-Oriented database schemas”. Proc. of the Workshop on CASE Tools for Database Design; in conjunction with ER’96 - the 15th Int’l Conference on Conceptual Modeling. Cottbus, Germany, October.

P. Shoval and F. Sadan (1996). “Functional analysis and object-oriented design - a hybrid methodology”. Proc. of AIS’96, Americas Conference on Information Systems, Phoenix, Arizona, August.

P. Shoval, P. Ein-Dor, R. Giladi and I. Spiegler (1996). “A Meta knowledge base and a search mechanism for distributed, heterogeneous databases”. Proc. of AIS’96, Americas Conference on Information Systems, Phoenix, Arizona, August.

P. Shoval and O. Feldman (1996). “Combining function points estimation model with ADISSA methodology for systems analysis and design”. Proc. of the 7th Israel Conference on Computer Systems and Software Engineering. Herzliya, June. Published by IEEE Computer Society Press, IEEE Serv­ice Center, Piscataway, NJ.

P. Shoval (1996). “Experimental comparisons of Entity-Relationship and Object-Oriented data models”. Proc. of the CAISE Workshop on Evaluation of Modeling Methods in Systems Analysis and Design (EMMSAD'96), Crete, Greece, May.

P. Shoval and Y. Kornatzki (1995). “BR2OO: a tool for automatic mapping of Binary-Relationship diagrams to Object-Oriented database schema”. Proc. of ISCIS X, 10th Int’l Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences, October, Ephesus, Turkey.

B. Shapira, A. Raveh, P. Shoval and U. Hanani (1995). "Hypertext browsing: a new model based on hypergraph dynamic construction and data analysis methods". Proc. of NGITS '95, International Work­shop on Next Generation Information Technologies and Systems, June, Nahariya, Israel.

P. Shoval and S. Shiran (1995). "An experimental comparison of Entity-Relationship and Object Oriented models on quality of design". Proc. of NGITS '95, Int'l Workshop on Next Generation Information Technologies and Systems, June, Nahariya, Israel.

R. Giladi and P. Shoval (1993). "Routing queries in a network of databases driven by a meta knowledge-base", Proc. of NGITS '93, Int'l Workshop on Next Generation of Information Technologies and Systems, June, Haifa, Israel, pp. 123-129.

P. Shoval and A. Kopp (1992). "Automatic vs. manual interface design methods: a comparison”, Proc. of WITS'92, Workshop on Information Technologies & Systems, Dallas, Texas, December, pp. 143-149.

P. Shoval and N. Shreiber (1992). "Transformation of a relational to a binary-relationship schema", in :E. Gelenbe, U. Halici and N. Yalabik (Eds.), Proc. of Int’l. Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences VII. Published by EHEI Press, Paris, November, pp. 363-368.

P. Shoval (1991). "A method and tool for handling 1:1 relationship types in database design", in: M. Bary and B. Ozguc (eds.), Proc. of Int’l. Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences VI. Published by Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 135-143.

P. Shoval (1991). "View integration methodology and tool utilizing the binary-relationship model", in: M. Bary and B. Ozguc (eds.), Proc. of Int’l. Symposium on Computer and Information Sciences VI. Published by Elsevier, Amsterdam, pp. 199-202.

P. Shoval and N. Pliskin (1989). "Structured support for advanced end-user prototyping", in: Methodologies of Training Data Processing Professionals and Advanced End-Users, Proc. of IFIP WG 3.4 Conference, Helsinki, Finland, July.

P. Shoval (1989). "ADISSA tools", Proc. of the 4th Israel Conference on Computer Systems and Software Engineering, Herzliya, June. Published by IEEE Computer Society Press, IEEE Serv­ice Center, Piscataway, NJ, pp. 153-157.

P. Shoval (1983). "Knowledge representation in consultation systems for users of retrieval systems", in: C. Keren and L. Perlmuter (eds.), Proc. of Int’l Symposium on the Application of Mini and Micro Computers in Information, Documentation and Libraries, Tel-Aviv. Published by North Holland, Amsterdam, pp. 631-643.

P. Shoval (1981). "Expert/consultation system for a retrieval database with a semantic network of concepts", Proc. of  4th Int’l Conference on Information Storage & Retrieval,Oakland, CA. Published in ACM SIGIR Forum, Vol. XVI (1), pp. 145-149.

 

Short Papers and Posters at Int'l Conferences:

P. Shoval (2005). "FOOM – Functional and Object Oriented Methodology – an integrated approach". Abstract of Tutorial. In: J. Akoka et al. (Eds.). Perspectives in Conceptual Modeling, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3770. (Proc. of the 24th Conference on Conceptual Modeling - ER 2005), pp. 459-460.

T. Kuflik and P. Shoval (2003). "Automatic generation of content-based user profiles compared to rule-based profiles for information filtering". Short paper, Proc. of the Int'l Conference on Intelligent User Interfaces (IUI), January 12-15, Miami, FL.

T. Kuflik and P. Shoval (2000). “Generation of user profiles for information filtering - a research agenda”, poster presentation, Proc. of SIGIR2000 Conference on Information Retrieval, Athens, Greece, July.

P. Shoval and A. Silberschatz (1998). Guest Editorial: “Next Generation Technologies and Systems”, Data & Knowledge Engineering, Vol. 28, pp. 253-254.

G. Har-Noy, M. Gluz, P. Shoval, U. Onken and J. Merchuk (1997). “The Air Lift system database: a bank of data for airlift performance”, short paper, Proc. of the 4th Japanese/German Symposium Bubble Columns, Kyoto, Japan, December.

P. Shoval (1990). "Sub-system design", short paper, Proc. of CompEuro '90, IEEE International Conference Computer Systems & Software Engineering, Tel-Aviv, May, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA., pp. 546-547.

P. Shoval (1990). "A methodology for integration of Binary-Relationship conceptual schemas”, short paper, Proc. of Parbase-90, International Conference on Databases, Parallel Architectures & their Applications, Miami Beach, Florida, March, IEEE Service Center, Piscat­away, NJ, pp. 435-437.

P. Shoval (1989). "A method for functional design of menu-tree interface integrated within structured system development", poster presentation, HCI-89, International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, Boston, MA. September.

J. Vries, P. Shoval, J. Moosy, S. McCledon, and G. Banks (1986). "An intelligent information retrieval system for laser disk medical information", abstract, Medinfo-86, Fifth World Congress on Medical Informatics, Washington DC, October.