Analyzing the notions of attribute, aggregate, part and member in data/knowledge modeling

Journal of Systems and Software

Volumn 33, Issue 2 SPEC. ISS., 1996, Pages 113-122

  Motschnig Pitrik, Renate ^a  

^a Dept Appl Comp Sci Info Syst ^*  (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; COMPUTATIONAL LINGUISTICS; COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN; COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DATA STRUCTURES; DATABASE SYSTEMS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; VIRTUAL REALITY;

DATABASE MODELING; OBJECT ORIENTED MODELING; SEMANTICS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 0030150801     PISSN: 01641212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0164-1212(95)00191-3     Document Type: Article

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