2. DEXA 1991: Berlin, Germany

Dimitris Karagiannis (Ed.): Database and Expert Systems Applications, Proceedings of the International Conference in Berlin, Germany, 1991. Springer-Verlag, Wien, 1991, ISBN 3-211-82301-8

Object Oriented Representation

Isidro Ramos, Oscar Pastor, Vicente Casado: OO And Active Formal Information System Specification. 1-6
Mike P. Papazoglou: Roles: A Methodology for Representing Multifaceted Objects. 7-12
F.-Y. Villemin, A. Paoli, I. Tourrilhes, M. Le: The ALDOUS90 Project: Merging Object-Oriented Databases and Knowledge-based Systems. 13-18
J. C. Burneau, O. Thiery: Object Oriented Databases for Maintenance Expert Systems. 19-23

Office Information Systems

Paul O'Neill, Ala Al-Zobaidie: Student Admission: Expert and Database System. 24-27
Giovanni V. Guardalben: Mapping Generalization and Object Sharing into Nested Relations: An ODA Implementation. 28-33
Igor Hawryszkiewycz: An Object Modeling Method for Office Information Systems Design. 34-40
Yoshio Nakano, Hidekazu Tanigawa, Yoshihiko Imai: An Interface/Application Builder with Transmission Control Facility for SDML document Databases. 41-46

Deductive Databases and Database Programming Languages

Michel E. Adiba, Christophe Lécluse, Philippe Richard: Rationale and Design of Serendip, a Database Programming Language. 47-53
Johann Eder: General Transitive Closures and Aggregate Functions. 54-59
Malcolm C. Taylor, Bogdan D. Czejdo: A Deductive Database System with Applications to Route Planning. 60-66
Susumu Suzuki, Toshihide Ibaraki, Masahichi Kishi: Using Relaxation Techniques to Evaluate Queries in Deductive Databases. 67-72

Applications on Technology and Industry

Doohun Eum, Toshimi Minoura: Data-Structure Builder for VLSI/CAD Software. 73-79
Ilias P. Tatsiopoulos, N. D. Mekras: Knowledge Representation Structures for the Evaluation of Production Planning and Control Systems. 80-85
Annegret Baumewerd-Ahlmann, Armin B. Cremers, G. Krüger, J. Leonhardt, Lutz Plümer, Rainer Waschkowski: An Information System for the Mining Industry. 86-91
Jan van Oorschot, Wil Korremans, Kees Vos: Intelligent Network Management: A Network Management Support System using AI Techniques. 92-97

Information Retrievel

Reinhard Härtel, Peter Lauppert: Computer-aided Production of Multilingual Historical Reference Works. 98-101
Daniel A. Keim, Kyung-Chang Kim, Vincent Y. Lum: A Friendly and Intelligent Approach to Data Retrieval in a Multimedia DBMS. 102-111
Norbert Fuhr: An Information Retrieval View of Environmental Information Systems. 112-117
Edgar B. Wendlandt, James R. Driscoll: Enhancing Text Retrieval Semantically. 118-123

Business and Educational Applications

Robert C. Goldstein, Veda C. Storey: The Commonsense Business Reasoner. 124-129
David Cleary, John Zeleznikow: Building Expert Database: L-CATA - An Intelligent Logic Based Travel Assistant. 130-134
Christoph Lell: Using a Meta-Knowledge Method for Developing an Educational Knowledge-Based Application. 135-141
Magdi N. Kamel, George A. Zolla: TARPS: A Prototype Expert Database System for Training and Administration of Reserves Officer Placement. 142-147

Knowledge Based Systems

O. Najmann, K. Eckstein: Constructing Minimal Knowledge Bases by Machine Learning. 148-153
Christos Garidis, Stefan Böttcher: Efficient Access to Large Prolog Knowledge Bases. 154-159
Pilar Lasala: The ARPO-2: an expert system for building contract. 160-165

Graphical Interfaces

Frans Coenen, Trevor J. M. Bench-Capon: A Graphical Interactive Tool for KBS Maintenance. 166-171
Annamaria Auddino, Eric Amiel, Bharat K. Bhargava: Experiences with Super, a Database Visual Environment. 172-178

Implementation Aspects

Hans-Peter Kriegel, Peter Heep, Stephan Heep, Michael Schiwietz, Ralf Schneider: A Flexible and Extensible Index Manager for Spatial Database Systems. 179-184
Vijay Kumar, James Mumper: KRISHNA - Concurrency Control Algorithms based on Dynamic Attributes. 185-190
A. Touir: The Design of an Efficient Data Structure for Manipulating Data in an Image DataBase System. 191-196
Norbert Duppel: High Performance Data Parallel Recursion. 197-202

Object Orientation

Christine Collet, Eric Brunel: A Form System for an Object-Oriented Database System. 203-209
François Staes, Laura Tarantino, Brigitte Verdonk, Dirk Vermeir: Supporting User Interactions with OODB's: A Declarative Approach. 210-215
Xuequn Wu: A Query Interface for an Object Management System. 216-220
Farshad Fotouhi, T. G. Lee, William I. Grosky: An Indexing Model for Complex Object Hierarchies in Object-Oriented Databases. 221-226
Oscar Barros, Germán Pavez: An Object-Oriented Executable Requirements Specification Language. 227-232

Foundation of Object Orientation

José Hilario Canós Cerdá, Oscar Pastor: Functional and Object-Oriented Specification of Information Systems. 233-238
Wojciech Cellary, Geneviève Jomier, Tomasz Koszlajda: Formal Model of an Object-Oriented Database with Versioned Objects and Schema. 239-244
Yanjun Lou, Z. Meral Özsoyoglu: Meta Variables and Inheritance in an Object-Oriented Data Model. 245-250
Katsumi Tanaka, Susumu Kobayashi, Tomomi Sakanoue: Uncertainty Management in Object-Oriented Database Systems. 251-256
Alfons Kemper, Guido Moerkotte: A Framework for Strong Typing and Type Inference in (Persistent) Object Models. 257-263

Multimedia Databases and Hyptertext

Matthias Rhiner: Principles of Knowledge Augmented Visual Databases. 264-269
Yoshinori Hara, Arthur M. Keller, Gio Wiederhold: Relationship Abstractions for an Effective Hypertext Design: Augmentation and Globalization. 270-274
Hans Delfs, Klaus Winkelmann: TOROS-HYPER: A Tool for the Integration of Hyper Documents into Knowledge-Based Systems. 275-280
P. L. van der Spiegel, J. Th. W. Driessen, Peter Bruza, Theo P. van der Weide: A Transaction Model for Hypertext. 281-286

Applications in Science, Technology and Industry

T. Patrick Martin, Janice I. Glasgow, Michel P. Féret, Todd Kelley: A Knowledge-Based System for Fault Diagnosis in Real-Time Engineering Applications. 287-292
Martin Breunig, Gernot Heyer, Axel Perkhoff, Michael Seewald: An Expert System to Support Mine Planning Operations. 293-298
Renate Meyer, Gunter Schlageter: Knowledge Base Management Systems in the Field of High Energy Physics. 299-304
Michel Desmarais, Alain Leblanc: A Meteorological Database for Numerical and Non-Numerical Processing. 305-308

Heterogenous and Multidatabase Systems

Marek Rusinkiewicz, Bogdan D. Czejdo, David W. Embley: An Implementation Model for Muldidatabase Queries. 309-314
Jian Yang, Mike P. Papazoglou, Louis Marinos: Knowledge-Based Schema Analysis in a Multi-Database. 315-321
K. Vidyasankar: Atomicity of Global Transactions in Distributed Heterogeneous Database Systems. 321-326
Alexander Endrikat, Ralf Michalski: Application-oriented Integration of Distributed Heterogenoeous Knowledge Sources. 327-332

Advanced Applications

Manuel Palomar, Lidia Moreno, Amparo Pascual: Semantic Interpretation of Natural Language im PROLOG: Logical Forms. 333-338
Shigeru Shimada, Hitoshi Matsushima: Map Summarization using Analogical Matching of Schema. 339-344
Martin L. Kersten: Goblin: a DBPL designed for Advanced Database Applications. 345-349

Modelling

Paolo Atzeni, Riccardo Torlone: A metamodel approach for the management of multiple models in CASE tools. 350-355
X. Y. Wang, N. J. Fiddian, W. A. Gray: The Development of a Knowledge-Based Database Transaction Design Assistant. 356-361
Paul W. P. J. Grefen, Peter M. G. Apers: Integrity Constraint Enforcement through Transaction Modification. 362-367
Alan B. Carlson, Bengt G. Lundberg: Environmental Information Organization. 368-373

Database Aspects

Paul Andlinger, Christian Gierlinger, Gerald Quirchmayr: Making C++ Object Persistent by Using a Standard Relational Database System. 374-379
Günther Pernul, Kamalakar Karlapalem, Shamkant B. Navathe: Relational Database Organization Based on Views and Fragments. 380-386
Tadeusz Morzy: A Dynamic Overwrite Protocol for Multiversion Concurrency Control Algorithms. 387-392

Querying Aspects

Klaus Hülsmann: A Temporal-Logic-Based Query Language for Querying Database Histories. 393-399
Fiora Pirri, Clara Pizzuti: Querying Incomplete Knowledge Bases with Abduction. 400-405
Gultekin Özsoyoglu, Kaizheng Du, A. Tjahjana, Wen-Chi Hou, D. Y. Rowland: On Estimating COUNT, SUM, and AVERAGE. 406-412
Michel Schneider, Claude Trépied: Recursion with the Graphical Query Language CANDID. 413-418
Fernando Ferri, Patrizia Grifoni, Leonardo Meo-Evoli, Fabrizio L. Ricci: ADAMS: an Aggregate Data Management System with Multip Interaction Techniques. 419-424

Legal Systems

Fernando Galindo: Juridical principles for juridical applications. The DERINFO methodology. 425-430
Matthias Baaz, Gerald Quirchmayr: A Formal Model for the Support of Analogical Reasoning in Legal Expert Systems. 431-435
Paul Bratley, Daniel Poulin, Jacques Savoy: The effect of change on legal applications. 436-441
Carla Basili, Nicola Palazzolo, Anna Maria Tammaro: An Expert Thesaurus for Ancient Law. 442-448

Hypermedia Systems

Hans-Peter Frei, Peter Schäuble: Designing a Hypermedia Information System. 449-454
Michael Fuller, Alan J. Kent, Ron Sacks-Davis, James A. Thom, Ross Wilkinson, Justin Zobel: Querying in a Large Hyperbase. 455-458
Bing Wang, Peter Hitchcock: InterSect: A General Purpose Hypertext System Based on an Object Oriented Database. 459-464
Stefan Eherer, Matthias Jarke: Knowledge Base Support Hypermedia Co-Authoring. 465-470
Joze Rugelj: Computer Supported Multimedia Environment for Collaboration. 471-475

Practice Systems

Per A. Zaring, Hans G. Vogt: Expert Systems Development and Management, A Case Study. 476-480
Hidetoshi Tanaka: Protein Function Database as a Deductive and Object-Oriented Database. 481-486
Frank Steyer: System Architecture and Specification of a Fast BOM Object Processor Using a Standard Relational Database Management System and a Main Memory Cache. 487-490
August-Wilhelm Scheer, Stefan Spang: Data Modelling for International Organizations. 491-496
Jon Kvalem, Rolf-Einar Grini, Kjell Haugset: ISACS An Integrated Surveillance and Control System. 497-500
Jürgen Scholz, Paul Levi: Constraint-Guided Scheduling for Satellite Data Processing and Archiving. 501-507

User Interfaces

Tore Risch, Gio Wiederhold: Building Adaptive Applications using Active Mediators. 508-513
Oreste Signore, Roberto Aulisi, Valeria Ceccanti: Hypertext for Hypertext: a Figured Thesaurus. 514-519
Manfred Gehrke: GNEIS: a Portable Natural Language Explantation Component for Expert Systems. 520-524
Allessandro Campioli, Luciano Lucchesi, Franco Turini: Spreadviews. 525-530
Juliana Peneva, Jordanka Angelova: End-user Interface to Improve Microcomputer DBMS Efficiency. 531-536

Medical Information Systems

A. Casanova, Nicoletta Dessì: Integration of Database and Hypertextual Technologies in Designing a Clinical Information System. 537-542
Hauke Kindler, D. Densow, T. M. Fliedner: RADES - Medical Assistance System for the Management of Irradiated Persons. 543-548
Paul Soper, Charles Ranaboldo, Geetha Abeysinghe: A Temporal Model for Clinical and Resource Management in Vascular Surgery. 549-552
Christian Stary, Karl Fasching: Preparing Medical Knowledge for Diagnostic Expert Systems. 553-558
Sieger van Denneheuvel, Karen L. Kwast, Peter van Emde Boas, Fred de Geus, Ernest Rotterdam: Symbolic computation in RL/1. 559-564
Roland Zimmerling: INEKS - an Information System for Medical Application. 565-570