T-ODMG: An ODMG compliant temporal object model supporting multiple granularity management

Information Systems

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 885-927

  Bertino, Elisa ^a   Ferrari, Elena ^b   Guerrini, Giovanna ^c   Merlo, Isabella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCURRENCY CONTROL; DATA DESCRIPTION; DATA STRUCTURES; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

MULTIPLE TEMPORAL GRANULARITIES; OBJECT ORIENTED DATA MODEL;

DATABASE SYSTEMS;

EID: 0141973900     PISSN: 03064379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0306-4379(02)00077-7     Document Type: Article

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