Relational deductive object-oriented modeling (RDOOM) approach for finding, representing and integrating application-specific concepts

International Journal of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 415-451

  Niemi, Timo ^a   Junkkari, Marko ^a   Järvelin, Kalervo ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Concept oriented data modeling; Formal specification; Integration of relational; Next generation information systems; Object oriented and deductive modeling aspects; Systems analysis

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; QUERY LANGUAGES; RELATIONAL DATABASE SYSTEMS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0036704122     PISSN: 02181940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218194002000949     Document Type: Article

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