Information Systems , Volume 10, 1985

Volume 10, Number 1

Andreas Meier: A graph grammar approach to geographical databes. 9-19
Chuan Yi Tang, D. J. Fuehrer, Richard C. T. Lee: On the complexity of some multi-attribute file design problems. 21-25
Sheldon Shen: Design of a virtual database. 27-35
A. Amikam: On the automatic generation of optimal internal schemata. 37-45
E. Bretholz, Doron Rotem: Data base design with the constrained multiple attribute tree. 47-56
Kyu-Young Whang: Property of separability in physical design of network model databases. 57-63
Timo Niemi, Kalervo Järvelin: Straightforward formalization of the relational model. 65-76
Rolf A. Stachowitz: A formal framework for describing and classifying semantic data models. 77-96
Heinrich C. Mayr, Peter C. Lockemann, Martin Bever: A Framework for Application Systems Engineering. 97-111
Beata Konikowska: A query language allowing conditions of relational type queries. 113-125
K. D. Sharma, Rekha Rani: Choosing optimal branching factors for k-d-B trees. 127-134

R. Haux, U. Eckert: Nondeterministic dependencies in relations: An extention of the concept of functional dependency. 139-148
Federico Barbic, Stefano Ceri, Giampio Bracchi, P. Mostacci: Modeling and integrating procedures in office information systems design. 149-168
Lalit M. Patnaik, P. S. Gill: GRDB: A general purpose relational database system. 169-180
Valeria De Antonellis, Antonio Di Leva: DATAID-1: A database design methodology. 181-195
Ronald M. Lee, Helder Coelho, Jose Carlos Cotta: Temporal inferencing on administrative databases. 197-206
Levent V. Orman: Design criteria for functional data bases. 207-217
Leonardo Lesmo, Pietro Torasso, Laurent Siklóssy: Semantic and pragmatic processing in FIDO: A flexible interface for data-base operations. 219-238

Phillip Ein-Dor, Israel Spiegler: The answerability of database queries. 261-270
Reiner Durchholz: Causal Dependencies in deadline requirements. 271-278
Nikolaus Ott, Klaus K. Horländer: Removing redundant join operations in queries involving views. 279-288
Forouzan Golshani: Growing certainty with null values. 289-297
Ralph R. Bravoco, Surya B. Yadav: A methodology to model the dynamic structure of an organization. 299-317
Krithi Ramamritham: Enabling local actions by global consensus. 319-324
Gerrit A. Blaauw, A. J. W. Duijvestijn, F. Nieuwerth: Decomposition of select expressions. 325-330
Ronald M. Lee, Ronald K. Stamper: Ontological aspects of logical databases. 331-338
Valeria De Antonellis, Antonio Di Leva: A case stuy of database design using the DATAID approach. 339-359
Nick Roussopoulos, Christian Bader: Dynamic access control for relational views. 361-369

Yuval Lirov, Nissim Daunov: Heuristic approach to network database external parameters design. 371-376
W. Bruce Croft, Thomas J. Parenty: A comparison of a network structure and a database system used for document retrieval. 377-390
Ron Sacks-Davis: Performance of a multi-key access method based on descriptors and superimposed coding techniques. 391-403
Romuald Blaszczyk: Information systems with attribute decomposition. 405-416
Peretz Shoval: Essential information structure diagrams and database schema design. 417-423
Theodor Fink: Design of a distributed CODASYL database system. 425-440