Advanced Topics in Database Research is a series of books on 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 5 is a part of this series. Advanced Topics in Database Research, Volume 5 presents the latest research ideas and topics on database systems and applications, and provides insights into important developments in the field of database and database management. This book describes the capabilities and features of new technologies and methodologies, and presents state-of-the-art research ideas, with an emphasis on theoretical issues regarding databases and database management.
| 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 on 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 5 is a part of this series. Advanced Topics in Database Research, Volume 5 presents the latest research ideas and topics on database systems ...