Entity-Relationship Modeling : Foundations of Database Technology

Database technology and entity-relationship (ER) modeling have meanwhile reached the level of an established technology. This book presents the achievements of research in this field in a comprehensive survey. It deals with the entity-relationship model and its extensions with regard to an integrated development and modeling of database applications and, consequently, the specification of structures, behavior and interaction. Apart from research on the ER model and the syntax, semantics, and pragmatics of database modeling the book also presents techniques for the translation of the ER model into classical database models and languages such as relational, hierarchical, and network models and languages, and also into object-oriented models. The book is of interest for all database theoreticians as well as practitioners who are provided with the relevant foundations of database modeling. "Database technology and entity-relationship (ER) modeling have meanwhile reached the level of an established technology. This book presents the achievements of research in this field in a comprehensive survey. It deals with the ER model and its extensions with regard to an integrated development and modeling of database applications and, consequently, the specification of structures, behavior, and interaction." "Apart from research on the ER model and the syntax, semantics, and pragmatics of database modeling the book also presents techniques for the translation of the ER model into classical database models and languages such as relational, hierarchical, and network models and languages, and also into object-oriented models." "The book is of interest for all database theoreticians as well as practitioners who are provided with the relevant fundamentals of database modeling."--Jacket Front Matter....Pages I-XII Introduction....Pages 1-12 The Database Design Process....Pages 13-28 The Entity-Relationship Model....Pages 29-54 Extending the Entity-Relationship Model....Pages 55-104 Integrity Constraints....Pages 105-218 Operations....Pages 219-262 Behavior Modeling....Pages 263-312 Applying the Theory....Pages 313-424 The Database Design Process in HERM....Pages 425-502 The Translation of HERM Schemes....Pages 503-550 Open Problems....Pages 551-558 Back Matter....Pages 559-627 Introduction The Database Design Process The Entity-Relationship Model Extending the Entity-Relationship Model Integrity Constraints Operations Behavior Modeling Applying the Theory The Database Design Process in HERM The Translation of HERM Schemes Open Problems References Index.