A hybrid query language for an extended entity-relationship model

Journal of Visual Languages and Computing

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 321-352

  Andries, Marc ^a   Engels, Gregor ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 0030243486     PISSN: 1045926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jvlc.1996.0017     Document Type: Article

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