Advances in Databases and Information Systems: Second East European Symposium, ADBIS’98 Poznań, Poland, September 7–10, 1998 Proceedings

This Book Constitutes The Refereed Proceedings Of The Second East European Symposium On Advances In Databases And Information Systems, Adbis '98, Held In Poznan, Poland In September 1998. The 25 Revised Full Papers Presented Were Selected From A Total Of 90 Submissions And Six Extended Abstracts Within A Special Section. East Meets West. The Papers Are Organized In Topical Sections On Query Languges, Optimization, Collaborative Systems, Schema Integration, Storage And Version Management, Object Systems, Knowledge Discovery And The Web, And Systems Design. Recent Progress In Data Integration — A Tutorial -- Managing Multimedia Information In A Database Environment — A Tutorial -- Association Rules... And What’s Next? — Towards Second Generation Data Mining Systems -- Workflow Management In The Internet Age -- Untyped Queries, Untyped Reflective Machines And Conditional Quantifiers -- Containment Of Conjunctive Queries With Built-in Predicates With Variables And Constants Over Any Ordered Domain -- Using Queries With Multi-directional Functions For Numerical Database Applications -- Multiple Range Query Optimization In Spatial Databases -- Optimizing Command Logs By Exploiting Semantic Knowledge -- A Distributed Algorithm For Global Query Optimization In Multidatabase Systems -- Transaction Management In Databases Supporting Collaborative Applications -- Object-oriented Design Of A Flexible Workflow Management System -- Extending Transaction Closures By N-ary Termination Dependencies -- Distributed Information Systems --^ Integrated Web — Database Applications For Electronic Business -- Term Weighting In Query-based Document Clustering -- Discovery Of Object-oriented Schema And Schema Conflicts -- On The Ordering Of Rewrite Rules -- Towards Data And Object Modelling -- Propagation Of Structural Modifications To An Integrated Schema -- Integration Of Schemas Containing Data Versions And Time Components -- Deriving Relationships Between Integrity Constraints For Schema Comparison -- A Database Interface Integrating A Query Language For Versions -- Np-tree: Region Partitioning And Indexing For Efficient Path Planning -- Replication In Mirrored Disk Systems -- Clustering Techniques For Minimizing Object Access Time -- Designing Persistence For Real-time Distributed Object Systems -- Partial Replication Of Object-oriented Databases -- Optimizing Knowledge Discovery Over The Www -- Data Mining Query Language For Object-oriented Database -- Itemset Materializing For Fast Mining Of Association Rules --^ Schema Derivation For Www Information Sources And Their Integration With Databases In Bioinformatics -- Component-based Information Systems Development Tool Supporting The Synthesis Design Method -- Translating Relational Queries To Object-oriented Queries According To Odmg-93 -- A Flexible Framework For A Correct Database Design -- Human Resources Information Systems Improvement: Involving Financial Systems And Other Sources Data -- Physical Structure Design For Relational Databases -- Modeling Of Census Data In A Multidimensional Environment. Witold Litwin, Tadeusz Morzy, Gottfried Vossen, Eds. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Recent progress in data integration — A tutorial....Pages 1-2 Managing multimedia information in a database environment — A tutorial....Pages 3-5 Association rules... and what’s next? — Towards second generation data mining systems....Pages 6-25 Workflow management in the internet age....Pages 26-34 Untyped queries, untyped reflective machines and conditional quantifiers....Pages 35-45 Containment of conjunctive queries with built-in predicates with variables and constants over any ordered domain....Pages 46-57 Using queries with multi-directional functions for numerical database applications....Pages 58-70 Multiple range query optimization in spatial databases....Pages 71-82 Optimizing command logs by exploiting semantic knowledge....Pages 83-94 A distributed algorithm for global query optimization in multidatabase systems....Pages 95-106 Transaction management in databases supporting collaborative applications....Pages 107-118 Object-oriented design of a flexible workflow management system....Pages 119-130 Extending transaction closures by n-ary termination dependencies....Pages 131-142 Distributed information systems....Pages 143-146 Integrated web — Database applications for electronic business....Pages 147-150 Term weighting in query-based document clustering....Pages 151-153 Discovery of object-oriented schema and schema conflicts....Pages 154-156 On the ordering of rewrite rules....Pages 157-159 Towards data and object modelling....Pages 160-162 Propagation of structural modifications to an integrated schema....Pages 163-174 Integration of schemas containing data versions and time components....Pages 175-187 Deriving relationships between integrity constraints for schema comparison....Pages 188-199 A database interface integrating a query language for versions....Pages 200-211 nP-Tree: Region partitioning and indexing for efficient path planning....Pages 212-223 Replication in mirrored disk systems....Pages 224-235 Clustering techniques for minimizing object access time....Pages 236-247 Designing persistence for real-time distributed object systems....Pages 248-259 Partial replication of object-oriented databases....Pages 260-271 Optimizing knowledge discovery over the WWW....Pages 272-277 Data mining query language for object-oriented database....Pages 278-283 Itemset materializing for fast mining of association rules....Pages 284-295 Schema derivation for WWW information sources and their integration with databases in Bioinformatics....Pages 296-304 Component-based information systems development tool supporting the SYNTHESIS design method....Pages 305-327 Translating relational queries to object-oriented queries according to ODMG-93....Pages 328-338 A flexible framework for a correct database design....Pages 339-350 Human resources information systems improvement: Involving financial systems and other sources data....Pages 351-356 Physical structure design for relational databases....Pages 357-362 Modeling of census data in a multidimensional environment....Pages 363-368