Database and Expert Systems Applications: 11th International Conference, Dexa 2000 London, UK, September 4-8, 2000 Proceedings (Paperback, 2000)

Invited Talk.- A Foolish Consistency: Technical Challenges in Consistency Management.- Object Oriented, Object Relational I.- The BORD Benchmark for Object-Relational Databases.- An Indexing Structure for Aggregation Relationship in OODB.- Deciding on the Equivalence of a Relational Schema and an Object-Oriented Schema.- Multimedia Databases I.- Semantic Reasoning based Video Database Systems.- Toward a User-Centered Image Retrieval System.- Fundamentals for Applications I.- Measuring for Database Programs Maintainability.- Database Migration in WAN Environments: How Can It Earn Good Performance?.- Dynamic Reconfiguration Algorithm: Dynamically Tuning Multiple Buffer Pools.- Assigning Tasks to Resource Pools: A Fuzzy Set Approach.- Object Oriented, Object Relational II.- Protocol for Taking Object-Based Checkpoints.- From Object-Oriented to Aspect-Oriented Databases.- Contextualization of OODB Schemas in CROME.- Multimedia Databases II.- Quality-Based Synchronization Methods of Multimedia Objects.- Utilizing Fragmented Bandwidth in a Staggered Striping Multimedia System.- Subjective Retrieval System for Texture Images Based on Interactions of Orientation and Color.- Fundamentals for Applications II.- Chasing Relational Database Constraints Backwards.- Using an Ordered Key Attribute in Database Design.- Awareness in Interactive Database Applications.- Workflow.- WorkMan - a Transactional Workflow Prototype.- Formalizing Workflows Using the Event Calculus.- Gaining Control over Time in Workflow Management Applications.- Temporal Modeling of Workflows with Conditional Execution Paths.- Security Aspects.- Verified Order-Based Transaction Scheduling Scheme for Multilevel Secure Database Management Systems.- Task-Role Based Access Control (T-RBAC): An Improved Access Control Model for Enterprise Environment.- Data Security for Distributed Meeting Systems.- A Comparison of Two Architectures for Implementing Security and Privacy in Cyberspace.- Fundamentals for Applications III.- Organizations and Collective Obligations.- Information Retrieval with Conceptual Graph Matching.- Approximate Pattern Matching in Shared-Forest.- XML.- A Data Model for Temporal XML Documents.- Blind Queries to XML Data.- XML and Meta Data Based EDI for Small Enterprises.- Advanced Databases I.- Optimal Page Ordering for Region Queries in Static Spatial Databases.- A Multi-Channel Dissemination System Based on Time-Series Clustering Mechanism for On-Line News Articles.- Query Aspects I.- Optimizing Queries in Extended Relational Databases.- Reducing the Location Query Cost Based on Behavior-Based Strategy.- Extending RDBMS for Allowing Fuzzy Quantified Queries.- Knowledge Aspects I.- Knowledge Decay in a Normalised Knowledge Base.- A Structured Testing Methodology for Knowledge-Based Systems.- Semantic Verification of Rule-Based Systems with Arithmetic Constraints.- Data Warehouses I.- View Selection in OLAP Environment.- Storage Management of a Historical Web Warehousing System.- Range-Max/Min Query in OLAP Data Cube.- Advanced Databases II.- Temporal Databases with Null Values.- Improving Temporal Joins Using Histograms.- Providing Topically Sorted Access to Subsequently Released Newspaper Editions or: How to Build Your Private Digital Library.- Query Aspects II.- Cost Estimation for Large Queries via Fractional Analysis and Probabilistic Approach in Dynamic Multidatabase Environments.- Lazy Query Enrichment: A Method for Indexing Large Specialized Document Bases with Morphology and Concept Hierarchy.- Extending the Re-use of Query Results at Remote Client Sites.- Knowledge Aspects II.- Discovering and Representing InterSchema Semantic Knowledge in a Cooperative Multi-Information Server Environment.- A Description Logics-Like Model for a Knowledge and Data Management System.- An Ontology Driven Approach to Ontology Translation.- Data Warehouses II.- A Temporal Object-Oriented Data Warehouse Model.- Process-Oriented Requirement Analysis Supporting the Da