Entity-relationship approach : proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Entity-Relationship Approach, New York, USA, November 9-11, 1987

Tutorials (Abstracts). Vendor Presentations. Panel Sessions. Research Paper Sessions: Theoretical Foundations for the ER Approach. A Foundation for the ER Approach: How and Why (P.C. Gilmore). Theoretically Sound Transformations for Practical Database Design (A. Rosenthal, D. Reiner). Knowledge Representation and Modeling Support in Knowledge-Based Systems (R. Lazimy). Data Modeling Tools I. Specifying a Semantically Adequate Structure for Information Systems and Databases (C.N.G. Dampney). Typing Information in a Software Engineering Environment (T.E. Lindquist, P.K. Lawlis, D.P. Levine). A Three Level Schema Architecture ER-Based Database Management System (T.W. Ling). Mapping from Existing Data Structure Models to Logical Models. Converting a Relational Database Model into an ER Model (K.H. Davis, A.K. Arora). From Minimal Cover to ER Diagram (H. Briand et al.). Abstracting Relational and Hierarchical Data with a Semantic Data Model (S.B. Navathe, A.M. Awong). Data Manipulation Languages. An Approach to Computation Specification for an ER Query Language (B. Czejdo, D.W. Embley). ER Database User Interfaces (T.R. Rogers, R.G.G. Cattell). Translating ERROL, A High Level, ER, Structured English Language for DBTG Databases (D. Steinberg, Y. Raz, E. Kantorowitz). Data Manipulation in NETUL (K. Subieta, M. Missala). Data Modeling Tools II. TSER: A Data Modeling System Using the Two-Stage ER Approach (C. Hsu et al.). The Chris Consultant (A.L. Furtado, M.A. Casanova, L. Tucherman). An Extended ER (E 2 R) Database Specification and its Automatic Verification and Transformation into the Logical Relational Design (W. Kozaczynski, L. Lilien). Practical Paper Sessions: Applications of the ER Model. A Conceptual Model for Physical and Logical Time (R. Studer). An ER View of Time (D. Tasker). Modeling Requirements of a Manufacturing Design Application Using an ER Schema (A. Flory, V. Giard). Data Planning and Information Architecture. Top-Down Database Planning (J.E. Gessford). Information Architecture and ER Approach (R.-A. Eftimie, J.-C. Nikles). Designing Data Entity Naming Conventions (J. Newton). Application Development Using the ER Approach. General Dynamics ER Approach (B.A. Bochenski). ER Approach and Decision Support (E.L. Dechow). ER Models in a Structured Development Environment: A Case Study (S.L. Jarvenpaa, J.J. Machesky).