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Conceptual modeling for the design of intelligent and emergent information systems Amjad Fayoumi Computing and Technology, Nottingham Trent University Nottingham, England, NG7 2RD, UK amjad.fayoumi@ntu.ac.uk Pericles Loucopoulos Manchester Business School, University of Manchester Manchester, England, M15 6PB, UK pericles.loucopoulos@mbs.ac.uk Corresponding author: Amjad Fayoumi, Amjad.Fayoumi@ntu.ac.uk Cite this paper: Fayoumi, A. and Loucopoulos, P., 2016. Conceptual modeling for the design of intelligent and emergent information systems. Expert Systems with Applications, 59, pp.174-194. Abstract—A key requirement to today’s fast changing economic environment is the ability of organizations to adapt dynamically in an effective and efficient manner. Information and Communication Technologies play a crucially important role in addressing such adaptation requirements. The notion of intelligent software has emerged as a means by which enterprises can respond to changes in a reactive manner but also to explore, in a pro-active manner, possibilities for new business models. The development of such software systems demands analysis, design and implementation paradigms that recognize the need for co-development of these systems with enterprise goals, processes and capabilities. The work presented in this paper is motivated by this need and to this end it proposes a paradigm that recognizes co-development as a knowledge-based activity. The proposed solution is based on a multi-perspective modeling approach that involves (i) modeling key as