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  Dimitris Karagiannis (Ed.): Database and Expert Systems Applications, 5th International Conference, DEXA '94, Athens, Greece, September 7 - 9, 1994, Proceedings. Springer 1994 Lecture Notes in Computer Science ISBN 3-540-58435-8

Keynote Speech

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  Dennis Tsichritzis: Research as a Catalyst for Industrial Innovation. 1

Object-Oriented Databases

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  Pascal Dechamboux, Claudia Roncancio: Peplom-d: An Object Oriented Database Programming Language Extended with Deductive Capabilities. 2-14
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  Uwe Hohenstein, Regina Lauffer, Petra Weikert: Object-Oriented Database Systems: How Much SQL Do They Understand? 15-26
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  Mohammad A. Ketabchi, Surapol Dasananda, Rani Mikkilineni, Xiangyang Li, F. Xu, M. Yan: An Object-Centered Application Development System. 27-36
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  Michael Novak, Georges Gardarin, Patrick Valduriez: Flora: A Functional-Style Language for Object and relational Algebra. 37-46

Data Management (I)

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  Yangjun Chen, Theo Härder: On the Optimal Top-down Evaluation of Recursive Queries. 47-56
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  Akhil Kumar: A Study of Spatial Clustering techniques. 57-71
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  Nikos A. Lorentzos, Yannis Manolopoulos: Efficient Management of 2-d Interval Relations. 72-82

Cooperative Office Applications

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  Franz Burger, Gerald Quirchmayr, Siegfried Reich, A. Min Tjoa: Managing Structured Documents in Distributed Publishing Environments. 83-92
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  Igor Hawryszkiewycz: A generalized Semantic Model for CSCW Systems. 93-102
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  Heinz Ulrich Hoppe, Jian Zhao: C-TORI: An Interface for Cooperative Database Retrieval. 103-113
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  Walter Rupietta: Organization Models for Cooperative Office Applications. 114-124

Object-Oriented Modeling

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  Malú Castellanos, Fèlix Saltor, Manuel García-Solaco: Semantically Enriching Relational Databases into an Object Oriented Semantic Model. 125-134
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  Xue Li, Zahir Tari: Consistency Checking of Evolving Methods. 135-144
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  Norihiro Sakamoto, Kazuo Ushijima: Designing and Integrating Human Genome Databases with Object-Oriented Technology. 145-152
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  George Spanoudakis, Panos Constantopoulos: On Evidential Feature Salience. 153-162

Data Management (II)

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  Vincent T. Y. Ng, Tiko Kameda: The R-Link Tree: A Recoverable Index Structure for Spatial Data. 163-172
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  Dimitris Papadias, Yannis Theodoridis, Timos K. Sellis: The Retrieval of Direction Relations using R-trees. 173-182
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  Odysseas G. Tsatalos, Yannis E. Ioannidis: A Unified Framework for Indexing in Database Systems. 183-192

Industrial Applications

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  Julio Macedo, Rafael Ruiz Usano: An Intelligent System to Identify the Appropriate Organization for a Factory. 193-203
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  Ilias P. Tatsiopoulos: Object-Oriented Design of Manufacturing Database Helps Simplify Production Management in Small Firms. 204-213
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  D. A. Xerokostas, K. G. Aravossis: A Solution Procedure for Solving the Nonrectangular Cutting Stock Problem of the Clothing Industry Using Expert Knowledge within an Intelligent CAD Environment. 214-224

Temporal Databases

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  Nina Edelweiss, José Palazzo M. de Oliveira, Barbara Pernici: An Object-Oriented Approach to a Temporal Query Language. 225-235
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  Stavros Kokkotos, Constantine D. Spyropoulos: A Framework for Developing Temporal Databases. 236-245
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  Chih-kuang Li, Shiwei Wang: Efficient Storage Structures for Temporal Object-Oriented Databases. 246-258
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  Spyros Soukeras, Peter J. H. King: TFDL: A Temporal Functional Language for the Management of Historical Databases. 259-269
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  Babis Theodoulidis, Aziz Ait-Braham, George Karvelis: The ORES Temporal DBMS and the ERT-SQL Query Language. 270-279

Conceptual Modelling

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  Flavio Bonfatti, Paola Daniela Monari, Paolo Paganelli: Object-Oriented Constraint Analysis in Complex Applications. 280-289
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  Aikaterini Krotopoulou, Paul G. Spirakis, Dimitra Terpou, Athanasios K. Tsakalidis: A Conceptual DataBase Approach for Modelling 3D Objects of Irregular Geometry. 290-299
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  Maguelonne Teisseire, Rosine Cicchetti: An Algebraic Language for Event-Driven Modelling. 300-309
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  José Ambrosio Toval Álvarez, Isidro Ramos, Oscar Pastor: Prototyping Object Oriented Specifications in an Algebraic Environment. 310-319

Legal Systems

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  André de Korvin, Gerald Quirchmayr, S. Hashemi: Identifying Precedents under Uncertainty. 320-328
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  Dieter Merkl, Erich Schweighofer, Werner Winiwarter: CONCAT - Connotation Analysis of Thesauri Based on the Interpretation of Context Meaning. 329-338
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  Diomidis Spinellis: The Design and Implementation of a Legal Text Database. 339-348
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  J. G. L. van der Wees: Maintenance of Juricas Legal Computer Advice Systems. 349-358

Keynote Speech

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  John Mylopoulos: Expert Systems for Industrial Process Control: A Study in Technology Transfer. 359

Active Databases

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  Bruno Defude, Hervé Martin: From a Passive to an Active Database Supporting Exceptions. 360-369
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  Hiroyuki Kawano, Shojiro Nishio, Jiawei Han, Toshiharu Hasegawa: How Does Knowledge Discovery Cooperate with Active Database Techniques in Controlling Dynamic Environment? 370-379
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  Waseem Naqvi, Mohamed T. Ibrahim: EECA: An Active Knowledge Model. 380-389
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  Luigi Palopoli, Riccardo Torlone: Active and Passive Rules for Complex Object Databases. 390-399

Evolving Environments

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  Stéphane Gançarski, Geneviève Jomier: Managing Entity Versions within their Contexts: A Formal Approach. 400-409
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  Udo Hahn, Manfred Klenner: Tracking the Evolution of Concepts in Dynamic Worlds. 410-419
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  Colette Rolland, Naveen Prakash: Tracing the Evolution of Artifacts. 420-432
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  Arthur H. M. ter Hofstede, Henderik Alex Proper, Theo P. van der Weide: Supporting Information Disclosure in an Evolving Environment. 433-444

Geographical Databases

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  Alia I. Abdelmoty, Norman W. Paton, M. Howard Williams, Alvaro A. A. Fernandes, Maria L. Barja, Andrew Dinn: Geographic Data Handling in a Deductive Object-Oriented Database. 445-454
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  El-Yamine Kettal: Expert Spatial Knowledge: an Expert Geographical Information System in Diffusion of Water. 455-464
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  Claudia Bauzer Medeiros, Geneviève Jomier: Using Versions in GIS. 465-474

Keynote Speech

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  George Metakides: The Strategic Role of Information Technology towards the Information Society. 475

Keynote Speech

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  Georges Gardarin: Federating Object-Oriented and Relational Databases. 476

Knowledge Engineering

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  Randy M. Kaplan: Bridging the Gap between Knowledge Engineering and Efficient Implementation in an Intelligent Tutoring System. 477-487
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  Dieter Landes, Rudi Studer: Mechanisms for Structuring Knowledge-Based Systems. 488-497
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  Mara Nikolaidou, D. Lelis, D. Mouzakis, Panagiotis Georgiadis: Distributed System Intelligent Design. 498-508

Hypermedia Databases

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  Ioanis Gaviotis, Dimitris Christodoulakis: A Model for Hypermedia Based on Production Systems. 509-520
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  Yoshinori Hara, Rodrigo A. Botafogo: Hypermedia Databases: A Specification and Formal Language. 521-530
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  A. Hatzimanikatis, Athanasios Papadopoulos, Dimitris Christodoulakis: Implementing Open Hypermedia Services on top of the Postgres Extended Relational Database Management System. 531-539
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  Aphrodite Tsalgatidou, Z. Palaskas, Constantine Halatsis, Michael Hatzopoulos: A Support System for Building Hypermedia Training Applications. 540-549

Information Retrieval

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  Rudolf Bayer, Pavel Vogel, Stephan Wiesener: OMNIS/Myriad Document Retrieval and its Database Requirements. 550-560
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  Redouane Layaida, Mohand Boughanem, Armand Caron: Constructing an Information Retrieval System with Neural Networks. 561-570
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  Jae Soo Yoo, Yoon-Joon Lee, Jae-Woo Chang, Myoung-Ho Kim: The HS File: A New Dynamic Signature File Method for Efficient Information Retrieval. 571-580

Advanced Databases and Expert Systems Concepts

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  Sophie Billet-Coat, Danièle Hérin-Aime: A Multi-Agent Architecture for an Evolving Expert System Module. 581-590
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  Sin Yeung Lee, Tok Wang Ling: Improving Integrity Constraint Checking for Stratified Deductive Databases. 591-600
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  Janet J. Prichard, Lisa Cingiser DiPippo, Joan Peckham, Victor Fay Wolfe: RTSORAC: A Real-Time Object-Oriented Database Model. 601-610
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  Özgür Ulusoy: Applying Database Technology to Real-Time Systems. 611-620

Advanced Querying Concepts

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  Sudhir Aggarwal, Inje Kim, Weiyi Meng: Database Exploration with Dynamic Abstractions. 621-630
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  Patrick Bosc, Ludovic Lietard, Olivier Pivert: Soft Querying, a New Feature for Database Management Systems. 631-640
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  Elsa L. Gunter, Leonid Libkin: OR-SML: A Functional Database Programming Language for Disjunctive Information and Its Applications. 641-650
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  Young-Whun Lee, Suk I. Yoo: Semantic Query Optimization in OODB Systems. 651-660

Medical Systems

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  Carole A. Goble, Peter Crowther, Danny Solomon: A Medical Terminology Server. 661-670
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  Catherine E. Houstis, Theodore S. Papatheodorou, Vassilios S. Verykios, Aris Floratos, Ahmed K. Elmagarmid: BIND: A Biomedical INteroperable Database System. 671-679
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  George Pangalos, A. Pomortsis, L. Bozios, Marie Khair: Development of Secure Medical Database Systems. 680-689
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  M. Van Dyne, Costas Tsatsoulis, J. Thorp: Using Inductive Machine Learning, Expert Systems and Case Based Reasoning to Predict Preterm Delivery in Pregnant Woman. 690-702

Integration of Databases and Expert Systems

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  Petra Drescher, Martin Holena, Rainer Kruschinski, Gernod Laufkötter: Integrating Frames, Rules and Uncertainty in a Database-Coupled Knowledge-Representation System. 703-712
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  Magdi N. Kamel: A Prototype Rule-Based Front End System for Integrity Enforcement in Relational Databases: An Application to the Naval Aircraft Flight Records Database. 713-723
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  Laks V. S. Lakshmanan, Fereidoon Sadri: Modeling Uncertainty in Deductive Databases. 724-733
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  George K. Papakonstantinou, C. Voliotis, Nikitas M. Sgouros: Dependency-Directed Binding of Variables For Constraint Logic Programming. 734-743

Distributed Databases

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  Hamideh Afsarmanesh, Michiel Wiedijk, Louis O. Hertzberger: Flexible and Dynamic Integration of Multiple Information Bases. 744-753
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  László Böszörményi, Johann Eder, Carsten Weich: PPOST: A Parallel Database in Main Memory. 754-758
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  Abdelkader Hameurlain, Franck Morvan: Exploiting Inter-Operation Parallelism for SQL Query Optimization. 759-768

Computer Integrated Manufacturing

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  Mikael Berndtsson: Reactive Object-Oriented Databases and CIM. 769-778
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  Martin Eberl: Advanced Computer Integrated Technology for Furniture Manufacturing. 779-784
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  Vladimír Marík, Jirí Lazanský, Jiri Koutník, Tomás Hazdra: A Distributed System for CIM. 785-794
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  Peter Starzacher, Wolfram Wöß: Integrated-Company-Software (INCOSOFT) - A Special Solution for Small- and Medium-Sized Companies. 795-804