Features of Languages for the Development of Information Systems at the Conceptual Level

IEEE Software

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1985, Pages 63-72

  Borgida, Alexander ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL MODELING; DATABASE-INTENSIVE APPLICATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS (IS); REAL-WORLD MODELING;

DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEMS;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES;

EID: 0021818133     PISSN: 07407459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MS.1985.230050     Document Type: Article

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