Advances in Database Systems

1. Front Matter

   Pages ii-viii

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2. Acyclic Hypergraphs and Relational Databases (A Survey)

   • L. Tenenbaum

   Pages 1-28

3. Foundations of Database Systems: An Introductory Tutorial

   • J. Paredaens

   Pages 29-48

4. Requirements and Design Issues of Spatial Data Handling Systems

   • E. Apolloni, F. Arcieri, L. Barella, M. Talamo

   Pages 49-69

5. Hermes: An Integrated Approach to Modelling Data Base Systems Design

   • F. Arcieri, E. Apolloni, L. Barella, M. Talamo

   Pages 71-93

6. The Weak Instance Model

   • P. Atzeni, R. Torlone

   Pages 95-114

7. Concepts for Database Privacy

   • H. H. Brüggemann

   Pages 115-124

8. Database Security: Policies and Mechanisms

   • H. H. Brüggemann

   Pages 125-138

9. Object-Oriented Authorization

   • H. H. Brüggemann

   Pages 139-160

10. A Browsing Theory and Its Application to Database Navigation

    • A. D’Atri, L. Tarantino

    Pages 161-179

11. An Application of the Milord System to Handle Radiological Data

    • G. Di Stefano, M. V. Marabello, A. D’Atri

    Pages 181-200

12. Object-Oriented Design of Information Systems: Theoretical Foundations

    • H-D. Ehrich, R. Jungclaus, G. Denker, A. Sernadas

    Pages 201-218

13. Object-Oriented Design of Information Systems: Troll Language Features

    • G. Saake, T. Hartmann, R. Jungclaus, H-D. Ehrich

    Pages 219-245

14. Goal, a Graph-Based Object and Association Language

    • J. Hidders, J. Paredaens

    Pages 247-265

15. Database Design Strategies

    • B. Thalheim

    Pages 267-285

16. Semantical Constraints for Database Models

    • B. Thalheim

    Pages 287-327

17. A Brief Tutorial Introduction to Data Structures for Geometric Databases

    • T. Ohler, P. Widmayer

    Pages 329-351

18. Data Structures and Algorithms for Geographic Information Systems: Selected Topics

    • T. Ohler, P. Widmayer

    Pages 353-364

19. Geographic Information Systems: an Example

    • T. Ohler, P. Widmayer

    Pages 365-377

Advanced information technology is pervasive in any kind of human activity - science, business, finance, management and others - and this is particularly true for database systems. Both database theory and database applications constitute a very important part of the state of the art of computer science. Meanwhile there is some discrepancy between different aspects of database activity. Theoreticians are sometimes not much aware of the real needs of business and industry; software specialists not always have the time or the apportunity to get acquainted with the most recent theoretical ideas and trends, as well as with advanced prototypes arising from these ideas; potential users often do not have the possibility of evaluating the theoretical foundations and the potential practical impact of different commercial products. So the main goal of the course was to put together people involved in different aspects of database activity and to promote active exchange of ideas among them.

• Database Systems
• computer science
• database
• database system
• database theory
• implementation
• data structures

• University of Antwerp, Belgium

  J. Paredaens

• Technical University of Eindhoven, Netherlands

  J. Paredaens

• Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia

  L. Tenenbaum

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