A graph-based framework for multiparadigmatic visual access to databases

IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 455-475

  Catarci, Tiziana ^a,d   Chang, Shi Kuo ^b,d   Costabile, Maria F ^c,d   Levialdi, Stefano ^a,d   Santucci, Giuseppe ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b University of Pittsburgh   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^d IEEE

Author keywords

Adaptive visual interface; Graph based data model; Heterogeneous databases; Multiparadigmatic interaction; User model; Visual query system

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATA STRUCTURES; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUERY LANGUAGES; VISUALIZATION;

ATOMIC QUERY; GRAPH BASED FRAMEWORK; GRAPH MODEL DATABASES; MULTIPARADIGMATIC VISUAL ACCESS; SEAMLESS INTEGRATION; USER CLASSES; USER MODEL; VISUAL FORMALISMS;

GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES;

EID: 0030166219     PISSN: 10414347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/69.506712     Document Type: Article

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