4. ER 1985: Chicago, Illinois, USA

Peter P. Chen (Ed.): Entity-Relationship Approach: The Use of ER Concept in Knowledge Representation, Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Entity-Relationship Approach, Chicago, Illinois, USA, 29-30 October 1985. IEEE Computer Society and North-Holland 1985, ISBN 0-444-87951-X

Knowledge Representation

Chair: Gerald DeJong

Sangki Han, Jung Wan Cho:
KPSP: A Knowledge Programming System based on Prolog. 2-9
Doris E. Altenkrueger:
FAIM, the Formal Association Inference Model, a Means for the Formal definition of Coceptual Meta Schemas. 10-17
Edward T. Lee:
Applications of the Entity-Relationship Approach to Similarity-Driven Pictorial Database Systems. 18-21

Theory I

Chair: Udai Gupta

Tok Wang Ling:
A Normal Form For Entity-Relationship Diagrams. 24-35
Ashok Pahwa, Adarsh K. Arora:
Automatic Database Navigation: Towards a High Level User Interface. 36-43

Entity-Relationship Analysis

Chair: Stefano Spaccapietra

Xiaolei Qian, Gio Wiederhold:
Data Definition Facilities of Critias. 46-55
Cheng Hsu:
Structured Database System Analysis and Design through Entity Relationship Approach. 56-63
Igor Hawryszkiewycz:
A Computer-Aid for E-R Modeling. 64-69

Query and Manipulation Languages I

Chair: Benjamin W. Wah

Wolfgang Roesner:
SESPATH: An ER Manipulation Language. 72-81
Fernando Vélez:
Lambda: An Entity-Relationship Based Query Language for the Retrieval of Structured Documents. 82-89
Douglas M. Campbell, David W. Embley, Bogdan D. Czejdo:
A Relationally Complete Query Language for an Entity-Relationship Model. 90-97

Panel Discussion: Mapping Specifications to Formalisms

John F. Sowa, Peter P. Chen, Peter Freeman, Sharon C. Salveter, Roger C. Schank:
Mapping Specifications to Formalisms - Panel Session. 100-101

Applications

Chair: James P. Fry

Fabrizio Massimo Ferrara:
Easy ER - An Integrated System for the Design and Documentation of Data Base Applications. 104-113
Alan H. Goldfine:
The Information Resource Dictionary System. 114-122
Martin E. Modell:
The Entity-Relationship Approach as a Tool for Application Analysis. 123-130
Radu-Anton Eftime:
Management Database Study. 131-138

Data Base Design Methods

Roger E. Cooley:
A Specification Model for Information Systems. 140-147
Kathi Hogshead Davis, Adarsh K. Arora:
A Methodology for Translating a Conventional File System into an Entity-Relationship Model. 148-159
Scott M. Staley, David C. Anderson:
Executable E-R Specifications for Database Schema Design. 160-169
Erik G. Nilsson:
The Translation of a Cobol Data Structure to an Entity-Relationship Type Conceptual Schema. 170-177

Expert Systems

Chair: Adarsh K. Arora

James P. Held, John V. Carlis:
Conceptual Data Modelling of an Expert System. 182-188
Paul Feldman, Guy Fitzgerald:
Representing Rules through Modelling Entity Behaviour. 189-198
Henri Briand, Henri Habrias, J.-F. Hue, Y. Simon:
Expert System for Translating an E-R Diagram into Databases. 199-206

Theory II

Chair: Tok Wang Ling

Lynette I. Brady:
A Universal Relation Assumption Based on Entities and Relationships. 208-215
Jacques Cazin, René Jacquart, P. Michel:
The F1 Formalism: An Extension of the Entity-Relationship Model Using the First Order Logic. 216-223
Amílcar Sernadas, Cristina Sernadas:
The Use of E-R Abstractions for Knowledge Representation. 224-231

Query and Manipulation Languages II

Chair: T. C. Ting

Ramez Elmasri, James A. Larson:
A Graphical Query Facility for ER Databases. 236-245
P. S. Neuman:
The Data Model of IDE: A Value Network. 246-255
Alfonso F. Cardenas, George R. Wang:
Translation of SQL/DS Data Access/Update into Entity-Relationship Data Access/Update. 256-267

Modelling Techniques

Chair: Hirotaka Sakai

Maurizio Lenzerini:
SERM: Semantic Entity-Relationship Model. 270-278
Stephen Ferg:
Modelling the Time Dimension in an Entity-Relationship Diagram. 280-286

Integrity Theory

Ole Oren:
Integrity Constraints in the Conceptual Schema Language SYSDOC. 288-294
Asuman Dogac, Peter P. Chen, N. Erol:
The Design and Implementation of an Integrity Subsystem for the Relational DBMS RAP. 295-302

Diagrams and Layouts

Chair: Yuri Breitbart

Roberto Tamassia:
New Layout Techniques for Entity-Relationship Diagrams. 304-311
Carlo Batini, L. Furlani, Enrico Nardelli:
What is a Good Diagram? A Pragmatic Approach. 312-319
Richard F. Gilberg:
A Schema Methodology for Large Entity-Relationship Diagrams. 320-325

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