Volume 21, Number 1, March 1992

Advanced User Interfaces for Database Systems

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  Arie Segev: Editor's Notes. 2
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  SIGMOD Innovations Award. 3
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  Yannis E. Ioannidis: Advanced User Interfaces for Database Systems, Letter from the Special Issue Editor. 4
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  Lawrence A. Rowe: A Retrospective on Database Application Development Frameworks. 5-10
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  Roger King, Michael Novak: Building Data Representations with FaceKit. 11-17
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  Belinda B. Flynn, David Maier: Supporting Display Generation for Complex Database Objects. 18-24
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  Jan Paredaens, Jan Van den Bussche, Marc Andries, Marc Gemis, Marc Gyssens, Inge Thyssens, Dirk Van Gucht, Vijay M. Sarathy, Lawrence V. Saxton: An Overview of GOOD. 25-31
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  Patrick Borras, Jean-Claude Mamou, Didier Plateau, Bruno Poyet, Didier Tallot: Building User Interfaces for Database Applications: The O2 Experience. 32-38
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  Mariano P. Consens, Isabel F. Cruz, Alberto O. Mendelzon: Visualizing Queries and Querying Visualizations. 39-46
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  Yannis E. Ioannidis, Miron Livny, Eben M. Haber: Graphical User Interfaces for the Management of Scientific Experiments and Data. 47-53
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  Amihai Motro: Annotating Answers with Their Properties. 54-57
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  Michel Kuntz: The Gist of GIUKU: Graphical Interactive Intelligent Utilities for Knowledgeable Users of Data Base Systems. 58-64

Regular Section

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  Michael M. David: Advanced Capabilities of the Outer Join. 65-70
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  Priti Mishra, Margaret H. Eich: Functional Completeness in Object-Oriented Databases. 71-83
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  Dan Jonsson: Formal Syntax and Semantics of a Reconstructed Relational Database System. 84-89
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  Peter R. Wilson: EUG'91 Meeting Notes. 90-92
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  Valery Soloviev: An Overview of Three Commercial Object-Oriented Database Management Systems: ONTOS, ObjectStore, and O2. 93-104
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  Günther Pernul, Gottfried Luef: Bibliography on Database Security. 105-122
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  Stefan Conrad, Martin Gogolla: An Annotated Bibliography on Object-Orientation and Deduction. 123-132
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  Erich J. Neuhold, Volker Turau: Database Research at IPSI. 133-138
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  Krithi Ramamritham, J. Eliot B. Moss, John A. Stankovic, David W. Stemple, W. Bruce Croft, Donald F. Towsley: Summary of Database Research Activities at The University of Massachusetts, Amherst. 139-143
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  Marianne Winslett: Opportunities from the US Department of Defense and NSF. 144-148
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  Fèlix Saltor: Conferences on Databases / Calls for Papers. 149-165
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  Frederick N. Springsteel: Pictures from SIGMOD Conference 1991. 166-171

Volume 21, Number 2, June 1992

Michael Stonebraker (Ed.): Proceedings of the 1992 ACM SIGMOD International Conference on Management of Data, San Diego, California, June 2-5, 1992.
Contents

Volume 21, Number 3, September 1992

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  Arie Segev: Editor's Notes. 2
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  Won Kim: Chair's Message. 3
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  Jennifer Widom: A Denotational Semantics for the Starburst Production Rule Language. 4-9
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  John F. Roddick: SQL/SE - A Query Language Extension for Databases Supporting Schema Evolution. 10-16
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  J. Michael Pratt, Maxine S. Cohen: A Process-Oriented Scientific Database Model. 17-25
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  Wolfgang L. J. Kowarschick: Semantic Optimization: What are Disjunctive Residues Useful for? 26-32
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  H. W. Buff: The Relational Model contra Entity Relationship? 33-34
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  Christian S. Jensen, James Clifford, Shashi K. Gadia, Arie Segev, Richard T. Snodgrass: A Glossary of Temporal Database Concepts. 35-43
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  Bhavani M. Thuraisingham: Current Status of R&D in Trusted Database Management Systems. 44-50
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  A. Min Tjoa, G. Vinek: Database Research Acitivities at The University of Vienna. 51-55
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  David B. Lomet: A Review of Recent Work on Multi-attribute Access Methods. 56-63
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  Marianne Winslett: Opportunities in the US from NSF, DARPA, and NASA. 64-67
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  Fèlix Saltor: Conferences on Databases / Calls for Papers. 68-82

Volume 21, Number 4, December 1992

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  Arie Segev: Editor's Notes. 2
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  Won Kim: Chair's Message. 3
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  Leonid A. Kalinichenko: Moscow ACM SIGMOD Chapter Established. 4-5
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  Hongjun Lu, Beng Chin Ooi, Cheng Hian Goh: On Global Multidatabase Query Optimization. 6-11
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  Yibei Ling, Wei Sun: A Suppletment to Sampling-Based Methods for Query Size Estimation in a Database System. 12-15
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  Özgür Ulusoy: Current Research on Real-Time Databases. 16-21
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  Sheung-lun Hung, Kam-yiu Lam: Locking Protocols for Concurrency Control in Real-time Database Systems. 22-27
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  Werner Kießling: A Complex Benchmark for Logic Programming and Deductive Databases, or Who Can Beat the N-Queens ? 28-34
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  John F. Roddick: Schema Evolution in Database Systems - An Annotated Bibliography. 35-40
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  Ron Sacks-Davis, Kotagiri Ramamohanarao: Database Research at CITRI. 41-47
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  Mike P. Papazoglou, M. McLoughlin, E. Lindsay, Sylvia Willie: Database Research at the Queensland University of Technology. 48-52
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  John Zeleznikow: Database Research at La Trobe University. 53-56
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  Marianne Winslett: The Winds of Change? 57-61
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  Fèlix Saltor: Conferences on Databases / Calls for Papers. 62-74