Advanced Topics in Database Research, Volume 3

Advanced Topics in Database Research, Volume 3

Copyright: © 2004 |Pages: 370

ISBN13: 9781591402558|ISBN10: 1591402557|EISBN13: 9781591402565

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-255-8

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This book presents the latest research ideas and topics on how to enhance current database systems, improve information storage, refine existing database models, and develop advanced applications. It provides insights into important developments in the field of database and database management. With emphasis on theoretical issues regarding databases and database management, the book describes the capabilities and features of new technologies and methodologies, and addresses the needs of database researchers and practitioners.

*Note: This book is part of a new series entitled “Advanced Topics in Database Research". This book is Volume Three within this series (Vol. III, 2004).

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Front Materials

Title Page

Copyright Page

Preface

Chapters

Analysis of Development Methodologies

Chapter 1

Agile Development Methods and Component-Orientation: A Review and Analysis (pages 1-22)

Zoran Stojanovic, Ajantha Dahanayake, Henk Sol

Agile software development methods have been proposed as the way to address the problem of delivering high-quality software on time under constantly and rapidly changing requirements in business and IT environments. An agile...

Chapter 2

Comparing Metamodels for ER, ORM and UML Data Models (pages 23-44)

Terry Halpin

This chapter provides metamodels for some of the main database modeling notations used in industry. Two Entity Relationship (ER) notations (Information Engineering and Barker ER) are examined in detail, as well as Object Role...

Chapter 3

An Evaluation Framework for Component-Based and Service-Oriented System Development Methodologies (pages 45-69)

Zoran Stojanovic, Ajantha Dahanayake, Henk Sol

Components-Based Development (CBD) and Web Services (WS) nowadays are prominent paradigms for implementing and deploying advanced distributed information systems. They have been proposed as the ways to support effective business/IT...

Database Design and Development

Chapter 4

Improving the Understandability of Dynamic Semantics: An Enhanced Metamodel for UML State Machines (pages 70-89)

Eladio Dominguez, Angel L. Rubio, María A. Zapata

A clear understanding of the dynamic semantics of languages involved in the representation of behavior is essential for a large and varied audience such as final users of these languages, CASE tool builders or method engineers. This...

Chapter 5

Metrics for Workflow Design: How an Information Processing View on Business Processes Helps to Make Good Designs (pages 90-105)

Hajo A. Reijers

On the way to process automation, an important issue is the definition of the various activities or work tasks within the respective business process. Design decisions on this issue considerably affect business performance. Several...

Chapter 6

Fuzzy Aggregations and Fuzzy Specializations in Eindhoven Fuzzy EER Model (pages 106-127)

Jóse Galindo, Angélica Urrutia, Mario Piattini

Some approaches about fuzzy ER/EER model have been published recently. Few of these works study how to relax constraints and other aspects expressed in the model. In this chapter our aim is to relax some semantic aspects which have...

Chapter 7

Normalization of Relations with Nulls in Candidate Keys: Traditional and Domain Key Normal Forms (pages 128-140)

George C. Philip

This chapter discusses normalization of relations when the candidate keys of a relation have missing information represented by nulls. The chapter shows that problems and confusion can arise in normalizing relations with nulls in...

Chapter 8

Regression Test Selection for Database Applications (pages 141-165)

Ramzi A. Haraty, Nashat Mansour, Bassel A. Daou

Database applications features such as Structured Query Language programming, exception handling, integrity constraints, and table triggers pose difficulties for maintenance activities, especially for regression testing that follows...

Chapter 9

An Attempt to Establish a Correspondence between Development Methods and Problem Domains (pages 166-187)

Oscar Dieste, Marcela Genero, Natalia Juristo, Ana M. Moreno

Most development methods need to be adapted before they can be used in a specific development project. This is because each method can be applied to a series of paradigmatic problems, but, as a problem moves further away from the...

Chapter 10

Toward an Extended Framework for Human Factors Research on Data Modeling (pages 188-217)

Heikki Topi, V. Ramesh

This study reviews and synthesizes over 15 years of research on human factors issues in conceptual data modeling. In addition to analyzing the variables used in earlier studies and summarizing the results of this stream of research...

Database Design and Development

Chapter 11

Using DEMO and ORM in Concert: A Case Study (pages 218-236)

Jan L.G. Dietz, Terry Halpin

The Demo Engineering Methodology for Organizations (DEMO) enables business processes of organizations to be modeled at a conceptual level, independent of how the processes are implemented. DEMO focuses on the communication acts that...

Chapter 12

Revisiting Workflow Modeling with Statecharts (pages 237-256)

Wai Y. Mok, David Paper

In this chapter, we model business workflows using Harel’s statecharts. We demonstrate that mapping to statecharts allows one to systematically identify potential workflow problems. Moreover, it also allows one to investigate...

Chapter 13

Framework for the Rapid Development of Modeling Environments (pages 257-271)

Akos Ledeczi, Miklos Matoti, Peter Volgyesi

This chapter introduces the concepts and techniques required for developing graphical, domain-specific modeling and program synthesis environments. It argues that a fully functional modeling environment can be quickly developed for a...

Chapter 14

Federated Process Framework for Transparent Process Monitoring in Business Process Outsourcing (pages 272-293)

Kyoung-Il Bae, Soon-Young Huh

Process information sharing is a beneficial tool through which a company can monitor and control its outsourced business process transparently, as if the outsourced business process is performed locally. However, autonomy and agility...

Chapter 15

Online Analytical Mining for Web Access Patterns (pages 294-326)

Joseph Fong, Hing K. Wong, Anthony Fong

The WWW and its associated distributed information services provide rich world-wide online information services, where objects are linked together to facilitate interactive access. Users seeking information from the Internet traverse...

Chapter 16

Modeling Motion: Building Blocks of a Motion Database (pages 327-345)

Roy Gelbard, Israel Spiegler

The research proposes a model for the representation and storage of motion data that enables the communication, storage, and analysis of patterns of motion, as with spoken and written languages. The basic problem is the lack of a...

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