5. DEXA 1994: Athens, Greece

Keynote Speech

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

Object-Oriented Databases

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

Data Management (I)

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

Cooperative Office Applications

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

Object-Oriented Modeling

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

Data Management (II)

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

Industrial Applications

• Julio Macedo, Rafael Ruiz Usano:
  An Intelligent System to Identify the Appropriate Organization for a Factory. 193-203
  
• Ilias P. Tatsiopoulos:
  Object-Oriented Design of Manufacturing Database Helps Simplify Production Management in Small Firms. 204-213
  
• 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

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

Conceptual Modelling

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

Legal Systems

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

Keynote Speech

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

Active Databases

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

Evolving Environments

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

Geographical Databases

• 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
  
• El-Yamine Kettal:
  Expert Spatial Knowledge: an Expert Geographical Information System in Diffusion of Water. 455-464
  
• Claudia Bauzer Medeiros, Geneviève Jomier:
  Using Versions in GIS. 465-474
  

Keynote Speech

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

Keynote Speech

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

Knowledge Engineering

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

Hypermedia Databases

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

Information Retrieval

• Rudolf Bayer, Pavel Vogel, Stephan Wiesener:
  OMNIS/Myriad Document Retrieval and its Database Requirements. 550-560
  
• Redouane Layaida, Mohand Boughanem, Armand Caron:
  Constructing an Information Retrieval System with Neural Networks. 561-570
  
• 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

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

Advanced Querying Concepts

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

Medical Systems

• Carole A. Goble, Peter Crowther, Danny Solomon:
  A Medical Terminology Server. 661-670
  
• Catherine E. Houstis, Theodore S. Papatheodorou, Vassilios S. Verykios, Aris Floratos, Ahmed K. Elmagarmid:
  BIND: A Biomedical INteroperable Database System. 671-679
  
• George Pangalos, A. Pomortsis, L. Bozios, Marie Khair:
  Development of Secure Medical Database Systems. 680-689
  
• 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

• Petra Drescher, Martin Holena, Rainer Kruschinski, Gernod Laufkötter:
  Integrating Frames, Rules and Uncertainty in a Database-Coupled Knowledge-Representation System. 703-712
  
• 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
  
• Laks V. S. Lakshmanan, Fereidoon Sadri:
  Modeling Uncertainty in Deductive Databases. 724-733
  
• George K. Papakonstantinou, C. Voliotis, Nikitas M. Sgouros:
  Dependency-Directed Binding of Variables For Constraint Logic Programming. 734-743
  

Distributed Databases

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

Computer Integrated Manufacturing

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