Description :
Collecting and presenting the latest research and development results from the leading researchers in the field of industrial database modeling, Database Modeling for Industrial Data Management: Emerging Technologies and Applications provides a single record of current research and practical applications in industrial database modeling. This book discusses the major aspects of databases for industry: data modeling, database models, and database applications in information systems.
Readers of Database Modeling for Industrial Data Management: Emerging Technologies and Applications will gain a complete understanding of the notions, techniques, and methods related to the research and developments of industrial database modeling, which will serve as both a starting point and a reference for their research and developments.
Content :
Table of Contents
Preface
.................................................................................................. vi
Acknowledgments
................................................................................ xii
S
ECTION
I: I
NDUSTRIAL
D
ATABASES
AND
A
PPLICATIONS
Chapter I
Databases Modeling of Engineering Information ................................ 1
Z. M. Ma, Northeastern University, China
Chapter II
Database Design Based on B ............................................................. 35
Elvira Locuratolo, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy
Chapter III
The Management of Evolving Engineering Design Constraints ....... 62
T. W. Carnduff, University of Glamorgan, UK
J. S. Goonetillake, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
Chapter IV
Similarity Search for Voxelized CAD Objects ................................. 115
Hans-Peter Kriegel, University of Munich, Germany
Peer Kröger, University of Munich, Germany
Martin Pfeifle, University of Munich, Germany
Stefan Brecheisen, University of Munich, Germany
Marco Pötke, software design & management AG, Germany
Matthias Schubert, University of Munich, Germany
Thomas Seidl, RWTH Aachen, Germany
Chapter V
STEP-NC to Complete Product
Development Chain
....................... 148
Xun W. Xu, University of Auckland, New Zealand
Chapter VI
Semantic-Based Dynamic Enterprise Information
Integration
....... 185
Jun Yuan, The Boeing Company, USA
Chapter VII
Web Service Integration and Management Strategies
for Large-Scale Datasets .................................................................. 217
Yannis Panagis, University of Patras & Research Academic
Computer Technology Institute, Greece
Evangelos Sakkopoulos, University of Patras & Research Academic
Computer Technology Institute, Greece
Spyros Sioutas, University of Patras, Greece
Athanasios Tsakalidis, University of Patras & Research Academic
Computer Technology Institute, Greece
Chapter VIII
Business Data Warehouse: The Case of Wal-Mart ........................ 244
Indranil Bose, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Lam Albert Kar Chun, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Leung Vivien Wai Yue, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Li Hoi Wan Ines, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Wong Oi Ling Helen, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Chapter IX
A Content-Based Approach to Medical Image
Database Retrieval ........................................................................... 258
Chia-Hung Wei, University of Warwick, UK
Chang-Tsun Li, University of Warwick, UK
Roland Wilson, University of Warwick, UK
S
ECTION
II: G
ENERIC
D
ATABASE
M
ODELING
Chapter X
Conceptual Modeling for XML: A Myth or a Reality .................... 293
Sriram Mohan, Indiana University, USA
Arijit Sengupta, Wright State University, USA
Chapter XI
Constraint-Based Multi-Dimensional Databases
............................ 323
Franck Ravat, Université Toulouse I, France
Olivier Teste, Université Toulouse III, France
Gilles Zurfluh, Université Toulouse I, France
About the Authors
.............................................................................. 361
Index ................................................................................................... 369
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