5. CIKM 1996: Rockville, Maryland
CIKM '96, Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management, November 12 - 16, 1996, Rockville, Maryland, USA. ACM 1996
Keynote Address
Michael C. Mulder: Educating the Next Generation of Information and Knowledge Experts, in Collaboration with Industry (Keynote Address). 3
Arie Shoshani: OLAP and Statistical Databases: Similarities and Differences. 5
Image and Spatial Databases
Daniel Wu, Divyakant Agrawal, Amr El Abbadi, Ambuj K. Singh, Terence R. Smith: Efficient Retrieval for Browsing Large Image Databases. 11-18
Andreas Henrich: Adapting a Spatial Access Structure for Document Representations in Vector Space. 19-26
Mahdi Abdelguerfi, Edgar Cooper, Christ Wynne, Kevin Shaw, Vincent Miller, Robert Broome, Barbara Ray: A Terrain Database Representation Based on an Extended Vector Product Format. 27-33
Query Processing
Estrella Pulido: Recursive Query Processing Using Graph Traversal Techniques. 37-44
Yong-Ju Lee, Ho-Hyun Park, Nam-Hee Hong, Chin-Wan Chung: Spatial Query Processing Using Object Decomposition Method. 53-61
Data Mining and Warehousing

Jia Liang Han, Ashley W. Plank: Background for Association Rules and Cost Estimate of Selected Mining Algorithms. 73-80
Access to Unstructured Information
Ibrahim Kamel: Fast Retrieval of Cursive Handwriting. 91-98
Scott B. Huffman, Catherine Baudin: Notes Explorer: Entity-Based Retrieval in Shared, Semi-Structured Information Spaces. 99-106
Robert J. Hall: Infomod: A Knowledge-Based Moderator for Electronic Mail Help Lists. 107-114
Object Query Processing & Optimization
Fatma Ozcan, Sena Nural, Pinar Koksal, Cem Evrendilek, Asuman Dogac: Dynamic Query Optimization on a Distributed Object Management Platform. 117-124
Neil Ching, Eric Hughes, Marianne Winslett: A Model of Object Database Applications and its Use in Cost Estimation. 125-133
Information Retrieval
Inien Syu, Sheau-Dong Lang, Narsingh Deo: Incorporating Latent Semantic Indexing into a Neural Network Model for Information Retrieval. 145-153
Scott B. Huffman: Learning to Extract Information From Text Based on User-Provided Examples. 154-163
Norbert Fuhr: Object-Oriented and Database Concepts for the Design of Networked Information Retrieval Systems. 164-172
Object Databases
Li-min Liu, Michael Halper, Huanying Gu, James Geller, Yehoshua Perl: Modeling a Vocabulary in an Object-Oriented Database. 179-188

Techniques for Query Execution
Hakgene Shin, KangSeuk Kim, Jae-Woo Chang: S-signature: A New Scheme for Efficient Query Processing of Complex Objects in OODB. 207-214
Yun-Wu Huang, Ning Jing, Elke A. Rundensteiner: Effective Graph Clustering for Path Queries in Digital Map Databases. 215-222
Knowledge Based & Fuzzy Systems
Chengwen Liu, Aris M. Ouksel, A. Prasad Sistla, Jing Wu, Clement T. Yu, Naphtali Rishe: Performance Evaluation of G-tree and Its Application in Fuzzy Databases. 235-242
Michael Ehrmanntraut, Theo Härder, Hartmut Wittig, Ralf Steinmetz: The Personal Electronic Program Guide - Towards the Pre-Selection of Individual TV Programs. 243-250
Non-Traditional Applications
Wolfgang Lehner, Thomas Ruf, Michael Teschke: CROSS-DB: A Feature-Extended Multidimensional Data Model for Statistical and Scientific Databases. 253-260
Ning Jing, Yun-Wu Huang, Elke A. Rundensteiner: Hierarchical Optimization of Optimal Path Finding for Transportation Applications. 261-268
Unconventional Queries
Sungkil Lee, Gultekin Özsoyoglu: Distributed Processing of Time-Constrained Queries in CASE-DB. 279-287
SangKeun Lee, Soon Young Jung, Chong-Sun Hwang: A New Conflict Relation for Concurrency Control and Recovery in object-based Databases. 288-295
Deductive & Rule Systems
Alanoly Andrews, Nematollaah Shiri, Laks V. S. Lakshmanan, Iyer N. Subramanian: On Implementing SchemaLog - A Database Programming Language. 309-316
Lane Warshaw, Daniel P. Miranker: A Case Study of Venus and a Declarative Basis for Rule Modules. 317-325
Sergio Greco: Optimal Unification of Bounded Simple Set Terms. 326-336
Panels
Bruce Cottman, Annrai OToole, Mark Ryland, Richard Mark Soley: Web, Distributed Object Management, and Component Software (Panel). 341
V. S. Subrahmanian, Su-Shing Chen, James A. Hendler, Richard Hull, Val Tannen: Smart Mediators and Intelligent Agents (Panel). 343



