Visual query systems for databases: A survey

Journal of Visual Languages and Computing

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 215-260

  Catarci, Tiziana ^a   Costabile, Maria F ^b   Levialdi, Stefano ^a   Batini, Carlo ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

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EID: 0031124755     PISSN: 1045926X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jvlc.1997.0037     Document Type: Article

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