Improving the Quality of Entity Relationship Models: An Action Research Programme

Australian Computer Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 129-138

  Moody, Daniel L ^a,c   Shanks, Graeme ^b  

^a Simsion Bowles and Associates   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c DAMA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION RESEARCH PROGRAM; DATA MODELING PROCESS; DATA QUALITY; ENTITY RELATIONSHIP MODELS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DATABASE SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

DATA STRUCTURES;

EID: 0032206132     PISSN: 00048917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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