17. VLDB 1991: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

Guy M. Lohman, Amílcar Sernadas, Rafael Camps (Eds.): 17th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases, September 3-6, 1991, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, Proceedings. Morgan Kaufmann 1991, ISBN 1-55860-150-3

Exploiting Data Semantics

Mokrane Bouzeghoub, Elisabeth Métais:
Semantic Modeling of Object Oriented Databases. 3-14
Hava T. Siegelmann, B. R. Badrinath:
Integrating Implicit Answers with Object-Oriented Queries. 15-24
Christoph F. Eick:
A Methodology for the Design and Transformation of Conceptual Schemas. 25-34

Concurrency Control & Performance

Jiandong Huang, John A. Stankovic, Krithi Ramamritham, Donald F. Towsley:
Experimental Evaluation of Real-Time Optimistic Concurrency Control Schemes. 35-46
Hans-Ulrich Heiss, Roger Wagner:
Adaptive Load Control in Transaction Processing Systems. 47-54
Christof Hasse, Gerhard Weikum:
A Performance Evaluation of Multi-Level Transaction Management. 55-66

Turtorial

Ramez Elmasri:
Conecptual Modeling Using and Extended E-R Model (Abstract). 67

New Applications

Amarnath Gupta, Terry E. Weymouth, Ramesh Jain:
Semantic Queries with Pictures: The VIMSYS Model. 69-79
Walid G. Aref, Hanan Samet:
Optimization for Spatial Query Processing. 81-90
Justin Zobel, James A. Thom, Ron Sacks-Davis:
Efficiency of Nested Relational Document Database Systems. 91-102

Transactions & Integrity

Panos K. Chrysanthis, Krithi Ramamritham:
A Formalism for Extended Transaction Model. 103-112
Umeshwar Dayal, Meichun Hsu, Rivka Ladin:
A Transactional Model for Long-Running Activities. 113-122
Victor M. Markowitz:
Safe Referential Structures in Relational Databases. 123-132

Schema Integration & Evolution

Michael Siegel, Stuart E. Madnick:
A Metadata Approach to Resolving Semantic Conflicts. 133-145
William Kent:
Solving Domain Mismatch and Schema Mismatch Problems with an Object-Oriented Database Programming Language. 147-160
José Andany, Michel Léonard, Carole Palisser:
Management Of Schema Evolution In Databases. 161-170

Integrity & Coherency Control

Mark Sullivan, Michael Stonebraker:
Using Write Protected Data Structures To Improve Software Fault Tolerance in Highly Available Database Management Systems. 171-180
Ashok M. Joshi:
Adaptive Locking Strategies in a Multi-node Data Sharing Environment. 181-191
C. Mohan, Inderpal Narang:
Recovery and Coherency-Control Protocols for Fast Intersystem Page Transfer and Fine-Granularity Locking in a Shared Disks Transaction Environment. 193-207

Tutorial

Umeshwar Dayal, Klaus R. Dittrich:
Active Database Systems (Abstract). 209

Theory

Joseph Albert:
Algebraic Properties of Bag Data Types. 211-219
Karl Denninghoff, Victor Vianu:
The Power of Methods With Parallel Semantics. 221-232
Jianwen Su:
Dynamic Constraints and Object Migration. 233-242

Improving Performance

Shahram Ghandeharizadeh, Luis Ramos, Zubair Asad, Waheed Qureshi:
Object Placement in Parallel Hypermedia Systems. 243-254
Mark Palmer, Stanley B. Zdonik:
Fido: A Cache That Learns to Fetch. 255-264
Christos Faloutsos, Raymond T. Ng, Timos K. Sellis:
Predictive Load Control for Flexible Buffer Allocation. 265-274

Rule Implementations & Performance

Jennifer Widom, Roberta Cochrane, Bruce G. Lindsay:
Implementing Set-Oriented Production Rules as an Extension to Starburst. 275-285
David A. Brant, Timothy Grose, Bernie J. Lofaso, Daniel P. Miranker:
Effects of Database Size on Rule System Performance: Five Case Studies. 287-296
Arie Segev, J. Leon Zhao:
Data Management for Large Rule Systems. 297-307

Panel

Nabil Kamel, M. Delobel, Thomas G. Marr, Robert Robbins, Jean Thierry-Mieg, Akira Tsugita:
Data and Knowledge Bases for Genome Mapping: What Lies Ahead? (Panel). 309

Tutorial

M. Tamer Özsu:
Distributed Database Management: Current State-of-the-Art, Unsolved Problems, New Issues (Abstract). 311

Panels

Krithi Ramamritham, Sang Hyuk Son, Alejandro P. Buchmann, Klaus R. Dittrich, C. Mohan:
Real-Time Databases (Panel). 313
Stefano Spaccapietra, Shamkant B. Navathe, Erich J. Neuhold, Amit P. Sheth:
Cooperative Database Design (Panel). 315

Active Object-Oriented Databases

Oscar Díaz, Norman W. Paton, Peter M. D. Gray:
Rule Management in Object Oriented Databases: A Uniform Approach. 317-326
Narain H. Gehani, H. V. Jagadish:
Ode as an Active Database: Constraints and Triggers. 327-336
Catriel Beeri, Tova Milo:
A Model for Active Object Oriented Databases. 337-349

Query Processing

Sang Kyun Cha, Gio Wiederhold:
Kaleidoscope Data Model for An English-like Query Language. 351-361
Rosana S. G. Lanzelotte, Patrick Valduriez:
Extending the Search Strategy in a Query Optimizer. 363-373
Edward Omiecinski:
Performance Analysis of a Load Balancing Hash-Join Algorithm for a Shared Memory Multiprocessor. 375-385

Tutorial

Robert Demolombe:
Cooperative Access to Data and Knowledge Baes (Abstract). 387

Physical Database Design

Rex Blankinship, Alan R. Hevner, S. Bing Yao:
An Iterative Method for Distributed Database Design. 389-400
Steve Rozen, Dennis Shasha:
A Framework for Automating Physical Database Design. 401-411
Daniel Alexander Ford, Stavros Christodoulakis:
Optimizing Random Retrievals from CLV format Optical Disks. 413-422

Temporal Databases

Dov M. Gabbay, Peter McBrien:
Temporal Logic & Historical Databases. 423-430
Stanley Y. W. Su, Hsin-Hsing M. Chen:
A Temporal Knowledge Representation Model OSAM*/T and Its Query Language OQL/T. 431-442
David J. DeWitt, Jeffrey F. Naughton, Donovan A. Schneider:
An Evaluation of Non-Equijoin Algorithms. 443-452

Panel

Magdi N. Kamel, Umeshwar Dayal, Rakesh Agrawal, Douglas Tolbert, Gilbert Vidal:
Database Technologies for the 90's and Beyond (Panel). 453

Techniques for Active Databases

Richard Hull, Dean Jacobs:
Language Constructs for Programming Active Databases. 455-467
Ulf Schreier, Hamid Pirahesh, Rakesh Agrawal, C. Mohan:
Alert: An Architecture for Transforming a Passive DBMS into an Active DBMS. 469-478
Rakesh Agrawal, Roberta Cochrane, Bruce G. Lindsay:
On Maintaining Priorities in a Production Rule System. 479-487

Tutorial

Amit P. Sheth:
Federated Database Systems for Managing Distributed, Heterogeneous, and Autonomous Databases. 489

Deductive Databases

Alexandra Poulovassilis, Carol Small:
A Functional Programming Approach to Deductive Databases. 491-500
S. Sudarshan, Raghu Ramakrishnan:
Aggregation and Relevance in Deductive Databases. 501-511
Antoni Olivé:
Integrity Constraints Checking In Deductive Databases. 513-523

Parallel Join Methods

Kien A. Hua, Chiang Lee:
Handling Data Skew in Multiprocessor Database Computers Using Partition Tuning. 525-535
Christopher B. Walton, Alfred G. Dale, Roy M. Jenevein:
A Taxonomy and Performance Model of Data Skew Effects in Parallel Joins. 537-548
Hongjun Lu, Ming-Chien Shan, Kian-Lee Tan:
Optimization of Multi-Way Join Queries for Parallel Execution. 549-560

Panel

Yuri Breitbart, Hector Garcia-Molina, Witold Litwin, Nick Roussopoulos, Hans-Jörg Schek, Gio Wiederhold:
Interoperability In Multidatabases: Semantic and System Issues (Panel). 561

Tutorial

Jorge B. Bocca:
Logic Programming Environments for Large Knowledge Bases: A Practical Perspective (Abstract). 563

Best Paper Session

Antonio Albano, Giorgio Ghelli, Renzo Orsini:
A Relationship Mechanism for a Strongly Typed Object-Oriented Database Programming Language. 565-575
Stefano Ceri, Jennifer Widom:
Deriving Production Rules for Incremental View Maintenance. 577-589

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