Graphical entity relationship models: Towards a more user understandable representation of data

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 1157 LNCS, Issue , 1996, Pages 227-244

  Moody, Daniel ^a  

^a Simsion Bowles and Associates   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTERS;

ANECDOTAL EVIDENCES; BUSINESS SCENARIO; ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP MODEL; ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP MODELING; GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS; LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION; NON-TECHNICAL USERS; USER REQUIREMENTS;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE;

EID: 50549089546     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/bfb0019926     Document Type: Conference Paper

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