A Methodology for Creating User Views in Database Design

ACM Transactions on Database Systems (TODS)

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1988, Pages 305-338

  Storey, Veda C ^a   Goldstein, Robert C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

View Creation System

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING;

EXPERT SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE BASE; USER VIEWS; VIEW CREATION SYSTEM (VCS);

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0024082510     PISSN: 03625915     EISSN: 15574644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/44498.45064     Document Type: Article

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