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  Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Data Engineering, February 1-5, 1988, Los Angeles, California, USA. IEEE Computer Society 1988 ISBN 0-8186-0827-7

Object-Oriented Databases I

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  Michael Schrefl, Erich J. Neuhold: Object Class Definition by Generalization Using Upward Inheritance. 4-13
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  David Beech, Brom Mahbod: Generalized Version Control in an Object-Oriented Database. 14-22
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  Katsumi Tanaka, Masatoshi Yoshikawa, Kozo Ishihara: Schema Virtualization in Object-Oriented Databases. 23-30
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  Jay Banerjee, Won Kim, Kyung-Chang Kim: Queries in Object-Oriented Databases. 31-38

Transaction Processing I

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  Bharat K. Bhargava, John Riedl: A Model for Adaptable Systems for Transaction Processing. 40-50
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  Adrian Segall, Ouri Wolfson: Optimal Communication Topologies for Atomic Commitment. 51-57
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  William Perrizo, Min Luo, Donald A. Varvel: Ordering Accesses to Improving Transaction Processing Performance. 58-63
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  Cyril U. Orji, Leszek Lilien, Janusz Hyziak: A Performance Analysis of an Optimistic and a Basic Timestamp-Ordering Concurrency Control Algorithm for Centralized Database Systems. 64-71

File Allocation

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  Xiaolin Du, Fred J. Maryanski: Data Allocation in a Dynamically Reconfigurable Environment. 74-81
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  Bharat K. Bhargava, Paul Noll, Donna Sabo: An Experimental Analysis of Replicated Copy Control During Site Failure and Recovery. 82-91
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  Yao-Nan Lien, Yih-Long Chang, Benjamin W. Wah: File Allocation on Homogeneous Local Computer Systems with Two-Level Multiaccess Networks. 92-99
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  Douglas W. Cornell, Philip S. Yu: Site Assignment for Relations and Join Operations in the Distributed Transaction Processing Environment. 100-108

Object-Oriented Databases II

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  Markian M. Gooley, Benjamin W. Wah: Efficient Reordering of Prolog Programs. 110-117
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  Gunter Schlageter, Rainer Unland, Wolfgang Wilkes, Rainer Zieschang, G. Maul, Manfred Nagl, Renate Meyer: OOPS - An Object Oriented Programming System with Integrated Data Management Faciltity. 118-125
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  Kyu-Young Whang, Stephen Brady: A Framework for Optimization in Expert System - DBMS Interface. 126-133

Distributed Systems I

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  Ching-Liang Huang, Victor O. K. Li: A Quorum-Based Commit and Termination Protocol for Distributed Database Systems. 136-143
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  Sushil Jajodia, David Mutchler: Integrating Static and Dynamic Voting Protocols To Enhance File Availability. 144-153
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  Pei-Jyun Leu, Bharat K. Bhargava: Concurrent Robust Checkpointing and Recovery in Distributed Systems. 154-163

Knowledge-Based Systems I

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  Rob Bell, Hany M. Atchan, Richard S. Dennis: ADT: A Toolkit for Development of Database-Centered Applications. 168-175
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  Amit P. Sheth, James A. Larson, Aloysius Cornelio, Shamkant B. Navathe: A Tool for Integrating Conceptual Schemas and User Views. 176-183
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  James P. Davis, Ronald D. Bonnell: EDICT - An Enhanced Relational Data Dictionary: Architecture and Example. 184-191

Parallel Techniques for Databsaes

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  Shun'ichi Torii, Keiji Kojima, Yasusi Kanada, Akiharu Sakata, Seiichi Yoshizumi, Masami Takahashi: Accelerating Nonnumerical Processing by an Extended Vector Processor. 194-201
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  Setrag Khoshafian, Patrick Valduriez, George P. Copeland: Parallel Query Processing for Complex Objects. 202-209
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  Hidetoshi Monoi, Yukihiro Morita, Hidenori Itoh, Hiroshi Sakai, Shigeki Shibayama: Parallel Control Technique and Performance of an MPPM Knowledge-Base Machine. 210-217

Keynote Address

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  Michael Stonebraker: Future Trends in Data Base Systems. 222-231

Knowledge-Based Systems II

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  Christophe de Maindreville, Eric Simon: A Production Rule-Based Approach to Deductive Databases. 234-241
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  Bonnie MacKellar, Fred J. Maryanski: Reasoning by Analogy in Knowledge Base Systems. 242-249
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  Ken-Chih Liu, Rajshekhar Sunderraman: On Representing Indefinite and Maybe Information in Relational Databases. 250-257
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  Suhayya Abu-Hakima, Franz Oppacher: RATIONALE: Reasoning by Explaining. 258-265

Integrity and Restructuring

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  Jehan-François Pâris, Darrell D. E. Long: Efficient Dynamic Voting Algorithms. 268-275
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  Victor M. Markowitz, Johann A. Makowsky: Incremental Restructuring of Relational Schemas. 276-284
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  Michel Banâtre, Gilles Muller, Jean-Pierre Banâtre: Ensuring Data Security and Integrity with a Fast Stable Storage. 285-293
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  K. Narayanaswamy, K. V. Bapa Rao: An Incremental Mechanism for Schema Evolution in Engineering Domains. 294-301

Query Optimization

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  Pankaj Goyal, Hon Fung Li, Eric Regener, Fereidoon Sadri: Scheduling of Page Fetches in Join Operations Using Bc-Trees. 304-310
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  Jooseok Park, Arie Segev: Using Common Subexpressions to Optimize Multiple Queries. 311-319
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  Peter Bodorik, J. Spruce Riordon: Distributed Query Processing Optimization Objectives. 320-329
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  Ravi Mukkamala, Steven C. Bruell, Roger K. Shultz: A Heuristic Algorithm for Determining a Near-optimal Set of Nodes to Access in a Partially Replicated Distributed Database System. 330-336

Database Tools

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  Xiaolei Qian: An Effective Method for Integrity Constraint Simplification. 338-345
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  Amit Basu: Knowledge Base Views in Multiuser Knowledge Based Systems. 346-353
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  M. Rajini Kanth, Prasanta K. Bose: Extending an Assumption Based Truth Maintenance System to Databases. 354-359

Hashing I

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  M. V. Ramakrishna: An Exact Probability Model for Finite Hash Tables. 362-368
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  Hans-Peter Kriegel, Bernhard Seeger: PLOP-Hashing: A Grid File without Directory. 369-376
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  Mireille Régnier: Trie Hashing Analysis. 377-381

Clustering and Indexes

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  Clement T. Yu, Tsang Ming Jiang: Adaptive Algorithms for Balanced Multidimensional Clustering. 386-393
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  Jean-Pierre Cheiney, Gerald Kiernan: A Functional Clustering Method for Optimal Access to Complex Domains in a Relational DBMS. 394-401
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  Jaideep Srivastava, C. V. Ramamoorthy: Efficient Algorithms for Maintenance of Large Database. 402-408

Concurrency Control

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  C. P. Wang, Victor O. K. Li: A Unified Concurrency Control Algorithm for Distributed Database Systems. 410-417
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  Asit Dan, Donald F. Towsley, Walter H. Kohler: Modeling the Effects of Data and Resource Contention on the Performance of Optimistic Concurrency Control Protocols. 418-425
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  Mohan Ahuja, James C. Browne: Performance Evaluation of Two Concurrency Control Protocols for Distributed Databases with Multiversioned Entities. 426-436

Panel

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  Leonard D. Shapiro: Panel on: Database Management Systems and Model Management Systems. 438
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  Arthur M. Geoffrion: A Structured Modeling Approach to Model Management System (Panel Position Abstract). 439

Recursive Queries and Logic

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  Sanggoo Lee, Jiawei Han: Semantic Query Optimization in Recursive Databases. 444-451
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  Rakesh Agrawal, Premkumar T. Devanbu: Moving Selections into Linear Least Fixpoint Queries. 452-461
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  Arie Tzvieli: PL - A Probabilistic Logic. 462-469
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  Seppo Sippu, Eljas Soisalon-Soininen: An Optimization Strategy for Recursive Queries in Logic Databases. 470-477

Searching Techniques

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  Beatrice T. Oshika, Bruce Evans, Filip Machi, Janet Tom: Improved Retrieval of Foreign Names from Large Databases. 480-487
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  Osamu Nakamura, Mitsuteru Yukishita: A High-speed Morpheme-Extraction System Using Dictionary Database. 488-495
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  Hans-Werner Six, Peter Widmayer: Spatial Searching in Geometric Databases. 496-503
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  Jaideep Srivastava, Vincent Y. Lum: A Tree Based Access Method (TBSAM) for Fast Processing of Aggregate Queries. 504-510

Transaction Processing II

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  K. V. S. Ramarao: Transaction Atomicity in the Presence of Network Partitions. 512-519
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  Joel L. Wolf, Daniel M. Dias, Balakrishna R. Iyer, Philip S. Yu: A Hybrid Data Sharing - Data Partitioning Architecture for Transaction Processing. 520-527
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  Sang Hyuk Son: An Adaptive Checkpointing Scheme for Distributed Databases with Mixed Types of Transactions. 528-535
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  Anupam Bhide, Michael Stonebraker: A Performance Comparison of Two Architectures for Fast Transaction Processing. 536-545

Multidatabases

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  Calton Pu: Superdatabases for Composition of Heterogeneous Databases. 548-555
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  Lingyuan Ge, Wolfgang Johannsen, Winfried Lamersdorf, Kurt Reinhardt, Joachim W. Schmidt: Database Applications Support in Open Systems: Language Concepts and Implementation Architectures. 556-563
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  Ahmed K. Elmagarmid, Abdelsalam Helal: Supporting Updates in Heterogeneous Distributed Database Systems. 564-569

Hashing II

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  Andreas Hutflesz, Hans-Werner Six, Peter Widmayer: Globally Order Preserving Multidimensional Linear Hashing. 572-579
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  Ekow J. Otoo: Linearizing the Directory Growth in Order Preserving Extendible Hashing. 580-588
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  Edward Omiecinski: Concurrent Storage Structure Conversion: from B+ Tree to Linear Hash File. 589-596

Panel: Can We Meaningfully Integrate Drawing, Text, Image and Voice with Structured Data?

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  Amit P. Sheth: Managing and Integrating Unstructured and Structured Data: Problems of Representation, Features, and Abstraction (position paper). 598-599
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  James A. Larson: Browsing Unstructured Data. 600
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  Brian Phillips: Multimedia Systems and Text. 601
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  Robert A. Yost: Can Image Data be Integrated with Structured Data? 602
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  Jack A. Orenstein: Can We Meaningfully Integrate Drawings, Text, Images, and Voice with Structured Data? 603

Panel: What Have We Learned?