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ACM transactions on database systems: aim and scope
Record-keeping and decision-making in industry and government are increasingly based on data stored in computer processable databases. Thus the need for improved computer technology for building, managing, and using these databases is clearly evident. ...
The entity-relationship model—toward a unified view of data
A data model, called the entity-relationship model, is proposed. This model incorporates some of the important semantic information about the real world. A special diagrammatic technique is introduced as a tool for database design. An example of ...
On the encipherment of search trees and random access files
The securing of information in indexed, random access files by means of privacy transformations must be considered as a problem distinct from that for sequential files. Not only must processing overhead due to encrypting be considered, but also threats ...
The design of a rotating associative memory for relational database applications
The design and motivation for a rotating associative relational store (RARES) is described. RARES is designed to enhance the performance of an optimizing relational query interface by supporting important high level optimization techniques. In ...
Optimal allocation of resources in distributed information networks
The problems of file allocation and capacity assignment in a fixed topology distributed computer network are examined. These two aspects of the design are tightly coupled by means of an average message delay constraint. The objective is to allocate ...
A database management facility for automatic generation of database managers
A facility is described for the implementation of database management systems having high degrees of horizontal data independence, i.e. independence from chosen logical properties of a database as opposed to vertical independence from storage ...