Object-oriented view mechanisms have received much attention in the literature in recent years, since they provide powerful mechanisms for addressing tasks such as customized tool interfacing to object-oriented databa...
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Object-oriented view mechanisms have received much attention in the literature in recent years, since they provide powerful mechanisms for addressing tasks such as customized tool interfacing to object-oriented databases (OODBs) and interoperability of heterogeneous databases. However, little progress has been made thus far on addressing the topic of view materialization in object-oriented databases. In the context of the MultiView project, we have developed an object model and an accompanying set of algorithms for the support of updatable materialized views in OODBs. We take advantage of unique features of the MultiView model, including its support for object-preserving queries, the integration of base and virtual classes into a unified and consistent global class hierarchy, and an object-slicing approach. In this paper, we present the MultiView model of materialized views, supporting updates on both base and virtual classes. We also describe a set of efficient algorithms for incremental view maintenance.< >
When a database is shared by many users, updates to the database schema are almost always prohibited because there is a risk of making existing application programs obsolete when they run against the modified schema. ...
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When a database is shared by many users, updates to the database schema are almost always prohibited because there is a risk of making existing application programs obsolete when they run against the modified schema. This paper addresses the problem by integrating schema evolution with view facilities. When new requirements necessitate schema updates for a particular user, the user specifies schema changes to the personal view rather than to the shared base schema. Our view evolution approach then computes a new view schema that reflects the semantics of the desired schema change, and replaces the old view with the new one. We present algorithms that implement the set of schema evolution operations typically supported by OODB systems as view definitions. This approach provides the means for schema change without affecting other views (and thus without affecting existing application programs). The persistent data is shared by different views of the schema, i.e., both old as well as newly developed applications can continue to interoperate. In this paper, we present examples that demonstrate our approach.< >
This paper discusses the need for and the use of a software architecture as an important means in the development of complex systems. We start out with a brief analysis of the term "complex" with regard to c...
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This paper discusses the need for and the use of a software architecture as an important means in the development of complex systems. We start out with a brief analysis of the term "complex" with regard to computerized systems. On this basis, we introduce software architectures as a means to cope with the software design aspect of system complexity. We then identify the architectural concepts that are necessary to capture a comprehensive, high level system design and discuss their characterizing properties. Finally, we propose a "construction-oriented" technique for architecture specification which is based on a generic set of architectural elements and is supported by a tool, d-ASPECT (domain Architecture Specification Tool), currently under development at NJIT.
This paper describes the implementation of transmission-line matrix (TLM) method algorithms on a massively parallel computer (DECmpp 12000), the technique of distributed computing in the UNIX environment, and the comb...
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This paper describes the implementation of transmission-line matrix (TLM) method algorithms on a massively parallel computer (DECmpp 12000), the technique of distributed computing in the UNIX environment, and the combination of TLM analysis with Prony's method as well as with autoregressive moving average (ARMA) digital signal processing for electromagnetic field modelling. By combining these advanced computation techniques, typical electromagnetic field modelling of microwave structures by TLM analysis can be accelerated by a few orders of magnitude.
Computational e-mail systems, which allow mail messages to contain command scripts that automatically execute upon receipt, can be used as a basis for building a variety of collaborative applications. However, their u...
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Computational e-mail systems, which allow mail messages to contain command scripts that automatically execute upon receipt, can be used as a basis for building a variety of collaborative applications. However, their use also presents a serious security problem because a command script from a sender may access/modify receiver's private files or execute applications on receiver's behalf. Existing solutions to the problem either severely restrict I/O capability of scripts, limiting the range of applications that can be supported over computational e-mail, or permit all I/O to scripts, potentially compromising the security of the receiver's files. Our model, called the intersection model of security, permits I/O for e-mail from trusted senders but without compromising the security of private files. We describe two implementations of our security model: an interpreter-level implementation and an operating systems-level implementation. We discuss the tradeoffs between the two implementations and suggest directions for future work.
The ability to share synchronized views of interactions with an application is critical to supporting synchronous collaboration. This paper suggests a simple synchronous collaboration paradigm in which the sharing of ...
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Designers are limited in exploiting a catalog knowledge base of design cases because they may be unable to articulate what they are looking for, or may be unaware that potentially useful catalog examples exist. KiD (K...
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A corner is modelled as the intersection of two lines. A corner point is that point on an input digital arc whose a posteriori probability of being a corner is the maximum among all the points on the arc. The performa...
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The author evaluates the classification support provided by current object-oriented analysis methods and proposes possible improvements. Concepts of object-orientation are briefly reviewed. Key principles for classifi...
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The author evaluates the classification support provided by current object-oriented analysis methods and proposes possible improvements. Concepts of object-orientation are briefly reviewed. Key principles for classification are identified and emerging object-oriented analysis methods are then judged against these principles. In an attempt to avoid some of the identified shortcomings, it is proposed that classification support during analysis should be based on two distinct constructs (types and collections) instead of a single class construct. This suggestion is based on a clear distinction between the essential and the contingent properties of the modelled objects.< >
A corner is modelled as the intersection of two lines. A corner point is that point on an input digital arc whose a posteriori probability of being a corner is the maximum among all the points on the arc. The performa...
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A corner is modelled as the intersection of two lines. A corner point is that point on an input digital arc whose a posteriori probability of being a corner is the maximum among all the points on the arc. The performance of the corner detector is characterized by its false alarm rate, misdetection rate, and the corner location error all as a function of the noise variance, the included corner angle, and the arc length. Theoretical expressions for the quantities compare well with experimental results.< >
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