Database and Expert Systems Applications: 5th International Conference, DEXA'94, Athens, Greece, September 7 - 9, 1994. Proceedings / Edition 1

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This volume constitutes the proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA '94), held in Athens, Greece in September 1994. The 78 papers presented were selected from more than 300 submissions and give a comprehensive view of advanced applications of databases and expert systems. Among the topics covered are object-oriented, temporal, active, geographical, hypermedia and distributed databases, data management, cooperative office applications, object-oriented modelling, industrial applications, conceptual modelling, legal systems, evolving environments, knowledge engineering, information retrieval, advanced querying, medical systems, and CIM.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9783540584353
  • Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
  • Publication date: 8/24/1994
  • Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science Series , #856
  • Edition description: 1994
  • Edition number: 1
  • Pages: 814
  • Product dimensions: 8.10 (w) x 7.94 (h) x 0.94 (d)

Table of Contents

Research as a Catalyst for Industrial Innovation 1
Peplom[superscript d]: an Object Oriented Database Programming Language Extended with Deductive Capabilities 2
Object-Oriented Database Systems: How Much SQL Do They Understand? 15
An Object-Centered Application Development System 27
Flora: A Functional-Style Language for Object and Relational Algebra 37
On the Optimal Top-down Evaluation of Recursive Queries 47
A Study of Spatial Clustering Techniques 57
Efficient Management of 2-d Interval Relations 72
Managing Structured Documents in Distributed Publishing Environments 83
A Generalized Semantic Model for CSCW Systems 93
C-TORI: An Interface for Cooperative Database Retrieval 103
Organization Models for Cooperative Office Applications 114
Semantically Enriching Relational Databases into an Object Oriented Semantic Model 125
Consistency Checking of Evolving Methods 135
Designing and Integrating Human Genome Databases with Object-Oriented Technology 145
On Evidential Feature Salience 153
The R-Link Tree: A Recoverable Index Structure for Spatial Data 163
The Retrieval of Direction Relations Using R-trees 173
A Unified Framework for Indexing in Database Systems 183
An Intelligent System to Identify the Appropriate Organization for a Factory 193
Object-Oriented Design of Manufacturing Database Helps Simplify Production Management in Small Firms 204
A Solution Procedure for Solving the Non-Rectangular Cutting Stock Problem of the Clothing Industry Using Expert Knowledge within an Intelligent CAD Environment 214
An Object-Oriented Approach to a Temporal Query Language 225
A Framework for Developing Temporal Databases 236
Efficient Storage Structures for Temporal Object-Oriented Databases 246
TFDL: A Temporal Functional Language for the Management of Historical Databases 259
The ORES Temporal DBMS and the ERT-SQL Query Language 270
Object-Oriented Constraint Analysis in Complex Applications 280
A Conceptual Database Approach for Modelling 3D Objects of Irregular Geometry 290
An Algebraic Language for Event-Driven Modelling 300
Prototyping Object-Oriented Specifications in an Algebraic Environment 310
Identifying Precedents under Uncertainty 320
CONCAT - Connotation Analysis of Thesauri Based on the Interpretation of Context Meaning 329
The Design and Implementation of a Legal Text Database 339
Maintenance of Juricas Legal Computer Advice Systems 349
Expert Systems for Industrial Process Control: A Study in Technology Transfer 359
From a Passive to an Active Database Supporting Exceptions 360
How Does Knowledge Discovery Cooperate with Active Database Techniques in Controlling Dynamic Environment? 370
EECA: An Active Knowledge Model 380
Active and Passive Rules for Complex Object Databases 390
Managing Entity Versions within Their Contexts: A Formal Approach 400
Tracking the Evolution of Concepts in Dynamic Worlds 410
Tracing the Evolution of Artifacts 420
Supporting Information Disclosure in an Evolving Environment 433
Geographic Data Handling in a Deductive Object-Oriented Database 445
Expert Spatial Knowledge: An Expert Geographical Information System in Diffusion of Water 455
Using Versions in GIS 465
The Strategic Role of Information Technology towards the Information Society 475
Federating Object-Oriented and Relational Databases 476
Bridging the Gap between Knowledge Engineering and Efficient Implementation in an Intelligent Tutoring System 477
Mechanisms for Structuring Knowledge-Based Systems 488
Distributed System Intelligent Design 498
A Model for Hypermedia Based Production Systems 509
Hypermedia Databases: A Specification and Formal Language 521
Implementing Open Hypermedia Services on Top of the Postgres Extended Relational Database Management System 531
A Support System for Building Hypermedia Training Applications 540
OMNIS/Myriad Document Retrieval and Its Database Requirements 550
Constructing an Information Retrieval System with Neural Networks 561
The HS File: A New Dynamic Signature File Method for Efficient Information Retrieval 571
A Multi-Agent Architecture for an Evolving Expert System Module 581
Improving Integrity Constraint Checking for Stratified Deductive Databases 591
RTSORAC: A Real-Time Object-Oriented Database Model 601
Applying Database Technology to Real-Time Systems 611
Database Exploration with Dynamic Abstractions 621
Soft Querying, a New Feature for Database Management Systems 631
OR-SML: A Functional Database Programming Language for Disjunctive Information and Its Applications 641
Semantic Query Optimization in OODB Systems 651
A Medical Terminology Server 661
BIND:
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