Data & Knowledge Engineering, Volume 20, 1996

Volume 20, Number 1, 30 June 1996

Veda C. Storey, Heng-Li Yang, Robert C. Goldstein:
Semantic Integrity Constraints in Knowledge-Based Database Design Systems. 1-37
L. J. Campbell, Terry A. Halpin, Henderik Alex Proper:
Conceptual Schemas with Abstractions: Making Flat Conceptual Schemas More Comprehensible. 39-85

Jacky Akoka, Isabelle Comyn-Wattiau:
Entity-Relationship and Object-Oriented Model Automatic Clustering. 87-117
Peter N. Creasy, Henderik Alex Proper:
A Generic Model for 3-Dimensional Conceptual Modelling. 119-161
Michael Gertz, Udo W. Lipeck:
Deriving Optimized Integrity Monitoring Triggers from Dynamic Integrity Constraints. 163-193
Paul McFetridge, Fred Popowich, Dan Fass:
An Analysis of Compounds in HPSG (Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar) for Database Queries. 195-209
Anyuan Yang, Peter P. Chen:
Efficient Data Retrieval and Manipulation Using Boolean Entity Lattice. 211-226
Ning Zhong, Setsuo Ohsuga:
A Hierarchical Model Learning Approach for Refining and Managing Concept Clusters Discovered from Databases. 227-252

Nicola Guarino, Simone Pribbenow, Laure Vieu:
Modeling Parts and Wholes. 257-258
Achille C. Varzi:
Parts, Wholes, and Part-Whole Relations: The Prospects of Mereotopology. 259-286
Barry Smith:
Mereotopology: A Theory of Parts and Boundaries. 287-303
Peter Gerstl, Simone Pribbenow:
A Conceptual Theory of Part-Whole Relations and its Applications. 305-322
Friederike Moltmann:
A New Notion of Part Structure for Natural Language. 323-345
Alessandro Artale, Enrico Franconi, Nicola Guarino, Luca Pazzi:
Part-Whole Relations in Object-Centered Systems: An Overview. 347-383
Michael Uschold:
The Use of the Typed Lambda Calculus for Guiding Naive Users in the Representation and Acquisition of Part-Whole Knowledge. 385-404
Jochen Bernauer:
Analysis of Part-Whole Relation and Subsumption in the Medical Domain. 405-415