Application of “consistent dependency” to corporate and project information models
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From object specification towards agent design
Nowadays, object specification technology is successfully used for modelling information systems. However, object-oriented modelling cannot cover all aspects (e.g....
Conceptual modeling of workflows
Workflow management is emerging as a challenging area for databases, stressing database technology beyond its current capabilities. Workflow management...
An object oriented approach for CSCW system design
This paper describes an object oriented design approach that uses classification mappings rather than conventional structured mappings in design....
Semantics of time-varying attributes and their use for temporal database design
Based on a systematic study of the semantics of temporal attributes of entities, this paper provides new guidelines for...
Database schema transformation and optimization
An application structure is best modeled first as a conceptual schema, and then mapped to an internal schema for...
Mapping an extended entity-relationship schema into a schema of complex objects
With the advent of object-oriented database systems, there is an urgent need to define a methodology for mapping a...
Binary representation of ternary relationships in ER conceptual modeling
Our paper seeks to provide an analysis of ternary relationship logic with an objective of identifying whether they can...
Variable sets and functions framework for conceptual modeling: Integrating ER and OO via sketches...
In the paper a graph-based specification language for semantic modeling is proposed. It is as handy as conventional graphical...
Unifying modeling and programming through an active, object-oriented, model-equivalent programming language
The intricate and complex structure of existing advanced database applications results in part from poor integration of existing models...