Database design for incomplete relations
Although there has been a vast amount of research in the area of relational database design, to our knowledge,...
A methodology for creating user views in database design
The View Creation System (VCS) is an expert system that engages a user in a dialogue about the information...
Emancipating instances from the tyranny of classes in information modeling
Database design commonly assumes, explicitly or implicitly, that instances must belong to classes. This can be termed the assumption...
Vertical partitioning algorithms for database design
This paper addresses the vertical partitioning of a set of logical records or a relation into fragments. The rationale...
