Database Systems for Advanced Applications '97: Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced Applications Melbourne, Australia April 1-4, 1997

by International Conference on Database Systems for Advanced applications; Tanaka, Katsumi; Topor, Rodney; Topor, Rodney; Tanaka, Katsumi

• ISBN13: 9789810231071
• ISBN10: 9810231075
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1997-07-01
• Publisher: World Scientific Pub Co Inc

Table of Contents

Session P1: Query Processing I	1	(30)
A cost model for parallel navigational access in complex-object DBMSs	1	(10)
Michael Gesmann
Cost-driven evaluation of vertical class partitioning in object-oriented databases	11	(10)
Chi-wai Fung
Kamalakar Karlapalem
Qing Li
Query optimization techniques utilizing path indexes in object-oriented database systems	21	(10)
Wan-Sup Cho
Seung-Sun Lee
Kyu-Young Whang
Yong-Ik Yoon
Session P2: Internet Databases	31	(28)
Classifying network architectures for locating information sources	31	(10)
R. Dolin
D. Agrawal
A. El Abbadi
Server ranking for distributed text retrieval systems on the Internet	41	(10)
Budi Yuwono
Dik L. Lee
Attribute-based automatic network map scaling	51	(8)
Yan-Nong Huang
Liang Chen
Session P3: Distributed Objects	59	(28)
Supporting object migration in distributed systems	59	(8)
George Semeczko
Stanley Y.W. Su
Modelling moving objects in multimedia databases	67	(10)
Mohammad Nabil
Anne H.H. Ngu
John Shepherd
Failure handling in CORBAflow: a CORBA-based transactional workflow architecture	77	(10)
Casimir J. Crawley
Omran Bukhres
Session P4: Query Processing II	87	(38)
A graph-theoretic model for optimizing large join queries	87	(10)
Chiang Lee
Chi-Sheng Shih
Yaw-Huei Chen
Query size estimation using machine learning	97	(10)
Bangchong Harangsri
John Shepherd
Anne Ngu
Supporting distributed query processing in a heterogeneous environment	107	(10)
George Semeczko
Stanley Y.W. Su
Tsae-Feng Yu
Fang Wang
Duplicate-free generation of Alternatives in transformation-based optimizers	117	(8)
Arjan Pellenkoft
Cesar A. Galindo-Legaria
Martin Kersten
Session P5: Document Databases	125	(30)
An indexing scheme for structured documents and its implementation	125	(10)
Tuong Dao
Ron Sacks-Davis
James A. Thom
Client-server optimization for multimedia document exchange	135	(10)
Gerhard Kostler
Wolfgang Kowarschick
Werner KieBling
A data modelling and query processing scheme for integration of structured document repositories and relational databases	145	(10)
Atsuyuki Morishima
Hiroyuki Kitagawa
Session P6: Advanced Database Applications	155	(30)
Use of a persistent graph abstract data type for representing CASE tool repositories	155	(10)
Robert M. Colomb
Anne-Grethe Eilertsen
A break for workaholics: energy-efficient selective tuning mechanisms for demand-driven-based wireless environment	165	(10)
Kian-Lee Tan
Jeffrey X. Yu
Increasing concurrency in object-oriented databases for software engineering environments	175	(10)
Hardeep Singh
Jun Han
Session P7: Data Mining and Visualization	185	(30)
A general incremental technique for maintaining discovered association rules	185	(10)
David W. Cheung
S.D. Lee
Benjamin Kao
Reduction of update propagation overhead for data warehouses incorporating OODBs	195	(10)
Zhiyong Peng
Yahiko Kambayashi
A SOM-based information organizer for text and video data	205	(10)
Kenji Hatano
Qing Qian
Katsumi Tanaka
Session P8: Access Methods	215	(28)
Performance in practice of string hashing functions	215	(10)
M.V. Ramakrishna
Justin Zobel
Optimal type hierarchy linearization for queries in OODB	225	(10)
Thomas A. Mueck
Martin L. Polaschek
MIN-entropy: a new signature file declustering algorithm for intra-query parallelism	235	(8)
Byoung-Mo IM
Myoung Ho Kim
Jae Soo Yoo
Session P9: Scientific and Statistical Databases	243	(30)
An integration methodology for autonomous taxonomy databases using priorities	243	(10)
Hajime Kitakami
Yasuma Mori
Masatoshi Arikawa
Akira Sato
A redundancy-based optimization approach for aggregation in multidimensional scientific and statistical databases	253	(10)
Wolfgang Lehner
Thomas Ruf
The Cube-Query-Language (CQL) for multidimensional statistical and scientific database systems	263	(10)
Andreas Bauer
Wolfgang Lehner
Session P10: Transaction Processing I	273	(20)
Language constructs for reliable distributed real-time transaction processing	273	(10)
Yong-Ik Yoon
Ju-Hyun cho
Database transactions in a purely declarative logic programming language	283	(10)
David Kemp
Thomas Conway
Evan Harris
Fergus Henderson
Kotagiri Ramamohanarao
Zoltan Somogyi
Mini-Savepoints: Firewall for atomic updates	293	(10)
Young Chul Park
Jun Hyun Park
Dae Young Huh
Session P11: Object-Oriented Databases	303	(30)
A boolean algebra approach for class hierarchy normalization	303	(10)
Yanchun Zhang
Jitian Xiao
Using security methods to enforce mandatory and discretionary access control in an object database	313	(10)
James M. Slack
Scheme versions in object-oriented database systems	323	(10)
Sven-Eric Lautemann
Session P12: Multimedia and Engineering Databases	333	(30)
A multimedia query language for handling multi-structure information	333	(10)
Eunsook Ryu
Kyuchul Lee
Modeling an engineering design application using extended object-oriented concepts	343	(10)
Lia Goldstein Golendziner
Clesio Saraiva dos Santos
Flavio Rech Wagner
A unified approach to representation, synchronization and storage of temporal multimedia objects based on time interval logic	353	(10)
Yoshifumi Masunaga
Session P13: Temporal Databases	363	(28)
Modeling valid time: an efficient representation	363	(8)
N.L. Sarda
Layered temporal DBMS's -- concepts and techniques	371	(10)
Kristian Torp
Christian S. Jensen
Michael Bohlen
Implementing temporal databases in object-oriented systems	381	(10)
A. Steiner
M.C. Norrie
Session P14: Multidatabases	391	(30)
Efficient view maintenance in a multidatabase environment	391	(10)
Rongquen Chen
Weiyi Meng
A methodology of integrating fuzzy relational databases in a multidatabase system	401	(10)
Weining Zhang
Elizabeth Laun
Weiyi Meng
Restrcturing class hierarchies for schema integration	411	(10)
Ingo Schmitt
Stefan Conrad
Session P15: Information Retrieval	421	(30)
Combining multiple evidence from different relevance feedback methods	421	(10)
Joon Ho Lee
A wrapping architecture for IR systems to mediate external structured document sources	431	(10)
Yoshiharu Ishikawa
Takehiro Furudate
Shunsuke Uemura
Distributed query processing for structured and bibliographic databases	441	(10)
Ee-Peng Lim
Ying Lu
Session P16: Parallel and Active Databases	451	(30)
An effective filtering technique for last condition evaluation in active databases	451	(10)
Dong Wook Kim
Myoung Ho Kim
Yoon Joon Lee
Simulation studies of the cassette migration activities in a scalable tape archiver	461	(10)
Toshihiro Nemoto
Masaru Kitsuregawa
Mikio Takagi
Implementation and evaluation of the bucket flattening Omega network of the parallel relational database server SDC-II	471	(10)
Takayuki Tamura
Masaru Kitsuregawa
Session P17: Video on Demand	481	(30)
Virtual batching: A new scheduling technique for video-on-demand servers	481	(10)
Simon Sheu
Kien A. Hua
Ta-Hsiung Hu
On video-on-demand servers with hierarchical storage	491	(10)
Kian-Lee Tan
Beng Chin Ooi
Tat Seng Chua
Supporting dynamic relocation of video data in disk-array-based video servers	501	(10)
Eunsam Kim
Taeck-Geum Kwon
Yunmook Nah
Sukho Lee
Session P18: Transaction Processing II	511	(30)
A parallel execution model for database transactions	511	(10)
Javam C. Machado
Christine Collet
Distributed resource management in workflow environments	521	(10)
Weimin Du
Graham Eddy
Ming-Chien Shan
Jim Davis
Achieving high degree of concurrency in multidatabase transaction scheduling	531	(10)
Kyungcheol Sohn
Songchun Moon
Author Index	541