What makes a good data model? Evaluating the quality of entity relationship models

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

Volumn 881 LNCS, Issue , 1994, Pages 94-111

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

^a Development and Information Technology   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROFESSIONAL ASPECTS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

APPLICATION DEVELOPERS; DATA ADMINISTRATORS; END USERS; ENTITY-RELATIONSHIP MODEL; EVALUATION FRAMEWORK; QUALITY OF DATA; USER REQUIREMENTS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 85014895707     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-58786-1_75     Document Type: Conference Paper

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