Database and expert systems applications Book

	Communication Costs in Digital Library Databases	1
	METU Object-Oriented DBMS Kernel	14
	Design and Implementation of the spareC++ OODBPL	28
	Gaining a Uniform View of Different Integration Aspects in a Prototyping Environment	38
	A Frame-Based Approach for Interoperation Support in Multidatabase Systems	48
	Developing Distributed Database Applications Using TSL	58
	Prints of the 17th Century in a Distributed Digital Library System	68
	OASIS v2: A Class Definition Language	79
	Design and Implementation of Object-Oriented Views	91
	A Visual Object-Oriented Query Language for Geographic Information Systems	103
	Capturing Essential Questions Using Question Support Facilities in the VIEW Classroom	114
	A Fuzzy Model of Managerial Decision Making Incorporating Risk and Ambiguity Aversion	124
	People Oriented Software Technology, and Its Use in Environmental Reporting
	A Cost Evaluator for Parallel Database Systems	146
	A Performance Study of Declustering Strategies for Parallel Spatial Databases	157
	Benchmarking Object-Oriented Database Systems for CAD	167
	Combining Reverse with Forward Database Engineering - a Step Forward to Solve the Legacy System Dilemma	177
	Performance Evaluation for Clustering Algorithms in Object-Oriented Database Systems	187
	Applied Active Databases for Evolving Image Processing Algorithms	197
	Spatial Reasoning for GIS Using a Tesseral Data Representation	207
	A New Dynamic Signature File Method in Parallel Processing Environment	217
	General Protocols for Consensus in Distributed Systems	227
	The Multiple Representation in an Architectural Application	237
	Simulation of Schema Change Using Views	247
	SGML/HyTime Repositories: Requirements and Data Modelling Using Object-Oriented Database Concepts	259
	A Depository for Structured Text Objects	272
	Issues on Hypertext Design	283
	A Temporal Logic Based Approach for Querying Lists, Trees, and DAG's in Databases	293
	Disjunctive Ordered Logic	303
	An Algebraic Rewriting Theorem of Multiple Linear Recursions and Its Applications	313
	A Layered Architecture for Supporting Objects in a Relational System: A Performance Study	323
	An SQL Extension Supporting User Viewpoints	334
	KBED: a Knowledge-Based Edge Detection System	344
	Understanding Expert Systems Maintenance	354
	Evaluating Case-Based Reasoning in a Geological Domain	364
	An Expert Loading System for Chemical and Product Carriers	374
	FuzzyBase: A Fuzzy Logic Aid for Relational Database Queries	385
	EMIR[superscript 2]: An Extended Model for Image Representation and Retrieval	395
	Rule Evaluations in a KDD System	405
	Object-Oriented Knowledge Based Imputation	415
	Knowledge Organization for Exploration	426
	Data Extraction from Form Images	438
	Compiling Legal Hypertexts	449
	Composition Tools Integration with a Music Database System	459
	Relational Database Reverse Engineering: Extraction of an IFO[subscript 2] Schema	469
	Extended Set Operators for Nested Relations and Complex Objects	479
	Several Implementations of Persistent Pointers in a Memory-Mapped I/O Environment	490
	TOPYDE: A Tool for Physical Database Design	502
	Tightly Secure Transaction Scheduler in Multi-Level Secure Database Management Systems	512
	A Heuristic Approach for Optimization of Path Expressions	522
	Problem Dimensions in Design of CSCW Systems	535
	A Rule-Driven Transformation Processor for Bill of Material Data	545
	Functions of VIEW Conf to Support Dynamic Features of Meetings	554
	CICERO: An Assistant for Planning Visits to a Museum	564
	WASA: A Workflow-Based Architecture to Support Scientific Database Applications	574
	MIDAS - The Morphological Component of the IDA System for Efficient Natural Language Interface Design	584
	Partial Match Retrieval in Two-Headed Disks	594
	Concurrency Control in Nested Transactions with Enhanced Lock Modes for KBMSs	604
	A Measure for Measure	614
	Information Security Concepts in Computer Supported Cooperative Work	621
	An Intelligent Self-Guided Vehicle for CIM Systems	632
	Information System for Onco-Pathology: From an Expert System to WWW	642
	Author Index	653