Explaining ambiguity in a formal query language
The problem of generating reasonable natural language-like responses to queries formulated in nonnavigational query languages with logical data independence...
A formal approach to the definition and the design of conceptual schemata for databased...
A formal approach is proposed to the definition and the design of conceptual database diagrams to be used as...
Incomplete information costs and database design
This paper presents a methodology for trading-off the cost of incomplete information against the data-related costs in the design...
Computational problems related to the design of normal form relational schemas
Problems related to functional dependencies and the algorithmic design of relational schemas are examined. Specifically, the following results are...
Physical database design for relational databases
This paper describes the concepts used in the implementation of DBDSGN, an experimental physical design tool for relational databases...
An improved third normal form for relational databases
In this paper, we show that some Codd third normal form relations may contain “superfluous” attributes because the definitions...
An ontological analysis of the relationship construct in conceptual modeling
Conceptual models or semantic data models were developed to capture the meaning of an application domain as perceived by...
The role of domain ontologies in database design: An ontology management and conceptual modeling...
Database design is difficult because it involves a database designer understanding an application and translating the design requirements into...
Towards a semantic view of an extended entity-relationship model
Nearly all query languages discussed recently for the Entity-Relationship (ER) model do not possess a formal semantics. Languages are...
The entity-relationship model—toward a unified view of data
A data model, called the entity-relationship model, is proposed. This model incorporates some of the important semantic information about...
