IDEAS 1997: Montreal, Canada

Proceedings of the International Database Engineering and Applications Symposium, IDEAS 1997, Concordia University, Montreal, Candada, August 25-27, 1997

User Interfaces to Databases

Kenneth J. Mitchell, Jessie B. Kennedy, Peter J. Barclay: Using Active Constructs in User-Interfaces to Object-Oriented Databases. 3-12
Xuequn Wu, Norbert Weißenberg: A Graphical Interface for Cooperative Access to Distributed and Heterogeneous Database Systems. 13-22
Ajith P. Madurapperuma, W. A. Gray, N. J. Fiddian: A Visual Query Interface for a Customisable Schema Visualisation System. 23-32
Bipin C. Desai, Khaled Jababo: An OODBMS Graphical Development Environment. 33-44

Database Engineering I: Transaction Engineering / Processing

Peter Bodorik, Dawn N. Jutla: Multi-view Memory To Support OS Locking for Transaction Systems. 45-52
Seung-Kyoon Woo, Myoung-Ho Kim, Yoon-Joon Lee: Accommodating Logical Logging under Fuzzy Checkpointing in Main Memory Databases. 53-62
Yangjun Chen, Wolfgang Benn: Multidatabase Query Optimization: Tree Balance and Node Allocation. 63-72
Chanjung Park, Seog Park: Alternative Correctness Criteria for Multiversion Concurrency Control and a Locking Protocol via Freezing. 73-84

Data Management I: Distribution and Interoperability

Yaowadee Temtanapat, David L. Spooner: Detection of Access Control Flaws in a Distributed Database System with Local Site Autonomy. 85-93
Aparna Seetharaman, Yiu-Kai Ng: A Minimal-Model Based Horizontal Fragmentation Algorithm for Disjunctive Deductive Databases. 94-103
Chang-Sup Park, Myoung-Ho Kim, Yoon-Joon Lee: A Replica Control Method for improving Availability for Read-only Transactions. 104-112
John K. Debenham: An Analysis of Database Rules. 113-120

Database Applications and Enhancements: OODBMS and RDMS

Markos N. Dendrinos: A Case Study for the Management of a Set of Spectrally Analysed Signal Based on OODBMS. 121-125
André Bergholz, Stephan Heymann, Jörg A. Schenk, Johann Christoph Freytag: Sequence Comparison Using a Relational Database Approach. 126-131
Peter Z. Revesz, Yiming Li: MLPQ: A Linear Constraint Database System with Aggregate Operators. 132-137
Holger M. Kienle, Paul J. Fortier: Exception-Handling Extension for an Object-oriented DBMS. 138-143
Eun-Sun Cho, Sang-Yong Han, Hyoung-Joo Kim: A New Data Abstraction Layer Required For OODBMS . 144-150

New and Demanding Applications I: Data Warehouses and Scientific Databases

C. I. Ezeife: A Uniform Approach for Selecting Views and Indexes in a Data Warehouse. 151-160
Rahul V. Tikekar, Farshad Fotouhi, Don P. Ragan: A Generalised Storage Model for Tertiary Storge Based Systems. 161-170
Mitsuru Nakata, Teruhisa Hochin, Tatsuo Tsuji: Bottom-up Scientific Databases Based on Sets and Their Top-Down Usage. 171-179
Vera Kamp, Frank Wietek: Database System Support for Multidimensional Data Analysis in Environmental Epidemiology. 180-190

New and Demanding Applications II: Electronic Commerce and the Web

Bradley S. Fordham, Serge Abiteboul, Yelena Yesha: Evolving Databases: An Application to Electronic Commerce. 191-200
Sylvanus A. Ehikioya, Ken Barker: A Formal Specification Strategy for Electronic Commerce. 201-210
Mark Richters, Martin Gogolla: A Web-based Animator for Validating Object Specifications. 211-219
Yuuichi Terahishi, Fumiyuki Tanemo, Yoshihiro Umemoto: Dynamic Object Recomposition for Active Information Systems on Mobile Environment. 220-230

New and Demanding Applications III: CSCW and Distance Learning

Osami Kagawa, Yahiko Kambayashi: Advanced Database Functions for Distance Education System: VIEW Classroom. 231-239
Donald R. Schwarz: Database Support for Conflict Detection in a Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Environment. 240-249
William Wei Song: OFEM: An Approach towards Detection and Reduction of Objectives Inconsistencies. 250-259
Joseph H. Hanson, Mary Jane Willshire: Modelling a Faster Data Warehouse. 260-268

New and Demanding Applications IV: Spatial Data and Hand Writing

Imran Ahmad, William I. Grosky: Spatial Similarity-based Retrievals and Image Indexing By Hierarchical Decomposition. 269-278
Azzam Ibrahim, Farshad Fotouhi, Amer Al-Badarneth: Efficient Processing of Spatial Selection and Join Operations using SB+-Tree. 279-288
Kothuri Venkata Ravi Kanth, Amr El Abbadi, Divyakant Agrawal, Ambuj K. Singh: Indexing Non-Uniform Spatial Data. 289-298
Wen-jann Yang, Ramalingam Sridhar, Paul W. Palumbo: Multi-attribute Lexicon Generation by Hyper-linked Embedded Access Structure. 299-308

Data Management II: Query Optimisation

Elena Soutyrina, Farshad Fotouhi: Optimal View Selection for Multidimensional Database Systems. 309-318
Ayla Sayli, Barry G. T. Lowden: A Fast Transformation Method for Semantic Query Optimisation. 319-326
Mengchi Liu, Weidong Yu: Query Processing in the ROL system. 327-336
Kenji Imasaki, Hirofumi Amano, Akifumi Makinouchi: Design and Evaluation of the Mechanism for Object References in a Parallel Object-Oriented Database System. 337-348

Database Engineering II: Temporal Aspects

Mario A. Nascimento, Margaret H. Dunham: A Proposal for Indexing Bitemporal Databases via Cooperative B+-trees. 349-357
Wilfred Ng, Mark Levene: An extension of SQL to support ordered domains in relational databases. 358-367
Anne Pons, Rudolf K. Keller: Schema Evolution in Object Databases by Catalogs. 368-378

New and Demanding Applications V: Document and Bibliographic Databases

Andreas Ludwig, Peter Becker, Ulrich Güntzer: Interfacing Online Bibliographic Databases with Z39.50. 379-387
Alexander Clausnitzer, Michael Jaedicke, Bernhard Mitschang, Clara Nippl, Angelika Reiser, Stephan Zimmermann: On the Application of Parallel Database Technology for Large Scale Document Management Systems. 388-396
Iadh Ounis, Marius Pasca: An Extended Inverted File Approach for Information Retrieval. 397-402