ABSTRACT
The objective of this chapter is to provide an overall summary and assessment of the current state of research in conceptual modeling as set out in the previous chapters, and to highlight the opportunities for future research. As a starting point for this chapter we will use the research agenda set out as a list of research themes (shown in Table 18.1) in the editorial of a recent special issue on conceptual modeling (Robinson 2007). It builds on earlier literature reviews by Robinson (2006, 2008), and the outcomes of a themed day on conceptual modeling following SW06 (The Operational Research Society Simulation Workshop 2006).
