Advanced Topics in Database Research is a series of books in the fields of database, software engineering, and systems analysis and design. They feature the latest research ideas and topics on how to enhance current database systems, improve information storage, refine existing database models, and develop advanced applications. Advanced Topics in Database Research, Volume 4 is a part of this series.
Advanced Topics in Database Research, Volume 4 is enriched with authors who have submitted their best works for inclusion in this scholarly book. Advanced Topics in Database Research, Volume 4 is a useful reference and a valuable collection for both researchers and practitioners.
| Ch. I | A rigorous framework for model-driven development | 1 |
| Ch. II | Adopting open source development tools in a commercial production environment : are we locked in? | 28 |
| Ch. III | Classification as evaluation : a framework tailored for ontology building methods | 41 |
| Ch. IV | Exploring the concept of method rationale : a conceptual tool to understand method tailoring | 63 |
| Ch. V | Assessing business process modeling languages using a generic quality framework | 79 |
| Ch. VI | An analytical evaluation of BPMN using a semiotic quality framework | 94 |
| Ch. VII | Objectification of relationships | 106 |
| Ch. VIII | A template-based analysis of GRL | 124 |
| Ch. IX | Externalisation and adaptation of multi-agent system behaviour | 148 |
| Ch. X | Reuse of a repository of conceptual schemas in a large scale project | 170 |
| Ch. XI | The MAIS approach to Web service design | |
| Ch. XII | Toward autonomic DBMSs : a self-configuring algorithm for DBMS buffer pools | 205 |
| Ch. XIII | Clustering similar schema elements across heterogeneous databases : a first step in database integration | 227 |
| Ch. XIV | An efficient concurrency control algorithm for high-dimensional index strutures | 249 |
| Ch. XV | Modeling fuzzy information in the IF[subscript 2]O and relational data models | 273 |
| Ch. XVI | Evaluating the performance of dynamic database applications | 294 |
| Ch. XVII | MAMDAS : a mobile agent-based secure mobile data access system framework | 320 |
| Ch. XVIII | Indexing regional objects in high-dimensional spaces | 348 |
| Ch. XIX | A concept-based query language not using proper association names | 374 |
| Ch. XX | Semantic analytics in intelligence : applying semantic association discovery to determine relevance of heterogeneous documents | 401 |
| Ch. XXI | Semantic integration in multidatabase systems : how much can we integrate? | 420 |
Overview
Advanced Topics in Database Research is a series of books in the fields of database, software engineering, and systems analysis and design. They feature the latest research ideas and topics on how to enhance current database systems, improve information storage, refine existing database models, and develop advanced applications. Advanced Topics in Database Research, Volume 4 is a part of this series.
Advanced Topics in Database Research, Volume 4 is enriched with authors who ...