Comparing Representations with Relational and EER Models

Communications of the ACM

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 1990, Pages 126-139

  Batra, D ^a   Hoffler, J A ^b   Bostrom, R P ^c  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA MODELS; EXTENDED ENTITY RELATIONSHIP MODEL; RELATIONAL MODEL; SEMANTIC DATA MODELS;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0025388044     PISSN: 00010782     EISSN: 15577317     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1145/75577.75579     Document Type: Article

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