Table of Contents

• Information Handling - A Challenge for Databases and Expert SystemsRalph Busse, Adrian Müller, Erich J. Neuhold. 1-23
• Context Versions in an Object-Oriented ModelLina Al-Jadir, Gilles Falquet, Michel Léonard. 24-35
• Towards Class-less Object Models for Engineering Design ApplicationsMargret Groß-Hardt, Gottfried Vossen. 36-47
• Semantic Relativism in Conceptual ModelingJaroslav Pokorný. 48-55
• Animation Support for a Conceptual Modelling LanguageThorsten Hartmann, Ralf Jungclaus, Gunter Saake. 56-67
• A Unifying Model of Data, Metadata and ContextToncan Duong, John Hiller, Uma Srinivasan. 68-79
• Information Brokers: Sharing Knowledge in a Heterogeneous Distributed SystemDaniel Barbará, Chris Clifton. 80-91
• A Customized Multidatabase Transaction Management StrategyJiansan Chen, Omran A. Bukhres, Jamshid Sharif-Askary. 92-103
• Interoperability between a Distributed System and a Datbase SystemAdriana Danes, François Exertier, Sames Haj Houssain. 104-115
• Reservation Commitment and Its Use in Multidatabase SystemsJames G. Mullen, Jin Jing, Jamshid Sharif-Askary. 116-121
• Predict Query Processing Cost in a Distributed Datbase SystemWeiyi Meng, Chengwen Liu, Wei Sun, Clement T. Yu. 122-133
• CoBase: A Cooperative Query Answering Facility for Database SystemsWesley W. Chu. 134-145
• Duplicate Deletion in a Ring Connected, Shard-Nothing, Parallel Database SystemMahdi Abdelguerfi, K. Grant, E. Murphy, Wayne Patterson, J. Stelly. 146-153
• On Temporal-fuzziness in Temporal Fuzzy DatabasesWerasak Kurutach, James Franklin. 154-165
• Object-based Schema Integration for Heterogeneous Databases: A Logical ApproachFrederick N. Springsteel. 166-180
• Heterogeneous Multilevel Transaction Management with Multiple SubtransactionsJari Veijalainen. 181-188
• Inheritance Conflicts in Object-Oriented SystemsTok Wang Ling, Pit Koon Teo. 189-200
• Managing Derived Data in Intelligent Database Systems: An Implementation StudyJ. Leon Zhao. 201-212
• An Integrated Calculation Model for Discovering Functional relations from DatabasesNing Zhong, Setsuo Ohsuga. 213-220
• On the Maintenance of Implication Integrity ConstraintsNaci Ishakbeyoglu, Z. Meral Özsoyoglu. 221-232
• REFLEX Active Database Model: Application of Petri-NetsWaseem Naqvi, Mohamed T. Ibrahim. 233-240
• Road Accident Analysis Using a Functional Datbase LanguageJ. Wu, L. Harbird. 241-252
• Database Performance Evaluation: A Methodological ApproachNorman Revell, M. W. Youssef. 253-264
• Design and Implementation of a DBMS Performance Assessment ToolMartin L. Kersten, Fred Kwakkel. 265-276
• Modifying Datbase Queries and Error ConstraintsKaizheng Du, Gultekin Özsoyoglu. 277-288
• Performance EvaluationSystem for Object StoresFausto Rabitti, R. S. Sferrazza, Maria Grazia Tori, Pavel Zezula. 289-300
• An Optimization Method of data Communication and Control for Parallel Execution of SQL QueriesAbdelkader Hameurlain, Franck Morvan. 301-312
• Developing a Database System for Time-Critical ApplicationsSang Hyuk Son, David W. George, Young-Kuk Kim. 313-324
• Object-Oriented Querying of Existing Relations DatabasesDaniel A. Keim, Hans-Peter Kriegel, Andreas Miethsam. 325-336
• A Probabilistic Spatial Data ModelYoram Kornatzky, Solomon Eyal Shimony. 337-348
• Query Processing of Geometric Objects with Free Form Boundaries in Spatial DatbasesHans-Peter Kriegel, Stephan Heep, Andreas Fahldiek, Norbert Mysliwitz. 349-360
• Brain Data Base (BDB)G. Anogianakis, Athanasios K. Krotopoulou, Paul G. Spirakis, D. Terpou, Athanasios K. Tsakalidis. 361-364
• Integrating Classes and Relations to Model and Query Geographical DatabasesGeorges Gardarin. 365-372
• Towards Cooperativeness in Geographic DatabasesAndrea S. Hemerly, Antonio L. Furtado, Marco A. Casanova. 373-376
• GeO2: Object-Oriented Contribution for a Geographical DBMS ?Benoit David, Laurent Raynal, Guylaine Schorter, Véronique Mansart. 377-383
• GemCode: An Expert System Generating Mnemonic Codes for Data Elements and Data ItemsIl-Yeol Song, Heather M. Godsey, Judith Newton, Bruce Bargmeyer. 384-395
• ALEXSYS - A Prototype Knowledge Based Expert System for the Quality Assurance of High Pressure Die CastingsC. A. G. Webster, M. Weller, M. M. Sfantsikopoulos, V. D. Tsoukalas. 396-400
• Viewpoints - Facilitating Expert Systems for Multiple UsersIan Finch. 401-412
• Improving Shafer-Logan s Algorithm for Handling Hierarchical EvidenceJ. W. Guan, David A. Bell. 413-423
• From Low-level to High-level Operations in Expert SystemsM. Popper. 424-427
• Corpora as Expert Knowledge Domains: the Oxford Advanced Learner s DictionaryEve Wilson. 428-435
• Maintenance of Knowledge BasesFranz Lehner, Hubert F. Hofmann, Ralf Setzer, Ronald Maier. 436-447
• Using Candidate Space Structure to Propose the Next Mearsurement in Model Based DiagnosisZdenek Zdráhal. 448-456
• Decomposition of Four Component ItemsJohn K. Debenham. 457-460
• Intelligent Inference For Debugging Concurrent SystemsMike Brayshaw. 461-469
• Sharing Temporal Knowledge by Multiple AgentsVicente J. Botti, Federico Barber, Alfons Crespo, D. Gallardo, Ismael Ripoll, Eva Onaindia, L. Hernández. 470-473
• Querying and Exploring Large Knowledge BasesHing-Kai Hung, T. Patrick Martin, Janice I. Glasgow, Chris Walmsley, Michael A. Jenkins. 474-477
• Managing Text ObjectivelyStuart Watt. 478-485
• Legal Expert System KONTERM - Automatic Representation of Document Structure and ContentsErich Schweighofer, Werner Winiwarter. 486-497
• Matrim, an expert system on marital lawJosé Félix Muñoz, Fernando Galindo. 498-501
• Contradiction and ConfirmationDaniel Poulin, Pierre St-Vincent, Paul Bratley. 502-513
• Meta-resoning in Law: A computational ModelDaniela Tiscornia. 514-522
• The Application of Kripke-Type Structures to Regional Development ProgramsMatthias Baaz, Fernando Galindo, Gerald Quirchmayr, Manuel Vázqez. 523-528
• Data Management Tools for Genomic Applications: A Progress ReportVictor M. Markowitz, I-Min A. Chen. 529-540
• Resolution of Constraint Inconsistency with the Aim to Provide Support in AnaesthesiaErnest Rotterdam, Sieger van Denneheuvel, Pim Hennis, Peter van Emde Boas. 541-552
• An Object-Oriented Implementation for a Semantic System (CANDID)Famory Toure, Michel Schneider. 553-564
• Distributed Schema Management in a Cooperation Network of Autonomous AgentsHamideh Afsarmanesh, Frank Tuijnman, Michiel Wiegijk, Louis O. Hertzberger. 565-576
• A Distributed AI System for Job Shop ControlWerner Dilger, Stephan Kassel. 577-582
• Expert System for Production Planning of Perishable GoodsAndrzej Gospodarowicz, Ewa Kania, Stanislaw Krawczyk, Mieczyslaw Rymarczyk, A. Min Tjoa. 583-592
• An Expert System as a Manager in the Application of Production Planning and Control Software in CIM EnvironmentsN. D. Mekras, A. G. Malama, G. P. Parnassas, Ilias P. Tatsiopoulos. 593-604
• Composition and Dependency Relationships in Production Information System DesignChabane Djeraba, A. Ait Hssain, B. Descotes-Genon. 605-610
• Vehicle TransactionsMakoto Takizawa, Satoshi Hamada, S. Misbah Deen. 611-614
• An Approach to Image Retrieval for Image DatabasesTheo Gevers, Arnold W. M. Smeulders. 615-626
• Facilitatory Process for Contrast DetectionSantiago Candela Solá, Christophe Garcia, J. Muñoz, Francisco Alayón Hernández. 627-630
• Object-oriented Database Management Systems for Construction of CASE EnvironmentsWolfgang Emmerich, Petr Kroha, Wilhelm Schäfer. 631-642
• Summary Data Representations in Application DevelopmentsTen-lee Hwang. 643-654
• Reusable Process ChunksColette Rolland, Naveen Prakash. 655-666
• From Analysis to Design in a a Deductive and Object-Oriented EnvironmentOscar Pastor, Isidro Ramos, José Hilario Canós Cerdá. 667-672
• A Case Study for an Open CASE System: The TROLL light Development EnvironmentNikolaos Vlachantonis. 673-676
• Meta Data Model for Database DesignTatjana Welzer, Johann Eder. 677-680
• Extending PCTE with Object-oriented CapabilitiesXuequn Wu, Jan Neuhaus. 681-684
• A New Hyermedia Data ModelHermann A. Maurer, Nick Scherbakov, P. Srinivasan. 685-696
• Linearisation Schemata for HypertextTrevor J. M. Bench-Capon, Paul E. S. Dunne, Geof Staniford. 697-708
• HyperPATH/O2: Integrating Hypermedia Systems with Object-Oriented Database SystemsBernd Amann, Vassilis Christophides, Michel Scholl. 709-720
• Integrating Knowledge-based Hypertext and Database for Task-oriented Access to DocumentsJocelyne Nanard, Marc Nanard, Anne-Marie Massotte, Alain Djemaa, Alain Joubert, Henri Betaille, Jacques Chauché. 721-732
• Reengineering of user Interfaces for the Migration of Database ApplicationsDimitris Karagiannis, Eckhard Ortwein, Jochen Gag. 733-745
• User Interface of Knowledge Based-DSS Development Environment, Some Further DevelopmentsMichel R. Klein, Roland Traunmüller. 746-755
• A Highly-Customisable Schema Meta-Visualisation System for Object-Oriented (O-O) Database Schemas - OverviewM. A. Qutaishat, W. A. Gray, N. J. Fiddian. 756-759
• Walkthrough using Animation Database System MOVESusumu Kuroki, Katsuhiko Kikkawa, Kunihiko Kaneko, Akifumi Makinouchi. 760-765