Conceptual schemas with abstractions making flat conceptual schemas more comprehensible

Data and Knowledge Engineering

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 39-85

  Campbell, Linda J ^c   Halpin, Terry A ^a   Proper, H A ^b  

^a Asymetrix Corporation   (United States)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Conceptual data modelling; ER; NIAM; ORM; Schema abstraction

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTIONS; CONCEPTUAL DATA REQUIREMENTS; CONCEPTUAL SCHEMAS; FLAT CONCEPTUAL SCHEMAS; SALIENT STRUCTURES;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GRAPHICAL USER INTERFACES; RECURSIVE FUNCTIONS; VISUALIZATION;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 0030172364     PISSN: 0169023X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0169-023X(96)00005-5     Document Type: Article

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