Lee Fu Wing. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 96-104). / Abstract --- p.i / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.1 / Chapter 1.1 --- Background --- p.1 / Chapter 1.2 --- The contribution of this project --- p.3 / Chapter 1.3 --- Scope of Thesis --- p.3 / Chapter 2. --- Background Study --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1 --- Related works of General DBMS User Interface --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Linear System --- p.4 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Form-Based System --- p.6 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Other Approaches --- p.8 / Chapter 2.2 --- Related works of Chinese System --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2.1 --- Artificial Natural Language --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2.2 --- """Chinesized"" English Database Query Language" --- p.9 / Chapter 2.2.3 --- Chiq1 --- p.10 / Chapter 3. --- Design Principles --- p.11 / Chapter 3.1 --- Data Model --- p.11 / Chapter 3.2 --- Language Naturalness --- p.11 / Chapter 3.3 --- Novice Users vs Expert Users --- p.12 / Chapter 3.4 --- Practical Requirements --- p.14 / Chapter 3.4.1 --- Relational Algebra Operators --- p.15 / Chapter 3.4.2 --- Divide and Conquer Querying Strategy --- p.16 / Chapter 3.4.3 --- Unit of Operations --- p.17 / Chapter 3.4.4 --- Graphical User Interface (GUI) --- p.18 / Chapter 3.4.5 --- Direct Object Manipulation --- p.19 / Chapter 3.5 --- SQL Expressiveness --- p.19 / Chapter 4. --- Query Specification in Chinese --- p.21 / Chapter 4.1 --- Defining Elementary Operations --- p.21 / Chapter 5. --- Implementation of the System Design --- p.29 / Chapter 5.1 --- Hardware and Software Configuration --- p.29 / Chapter 5.1.1 --- Basic Components --- p.29 / Chapter 5.1.2 --- Procedures for Data Retrieval --- p.30 / Chapter 5.2 --- System Design --- p.32 / Chapter 5.2.1 --- Common Operations --- p.32 / Chapter 5.2.2 --- Select the Required Tables --- p.33 / Chapter 5.2.3 --- Performing Join --- p.35 / Chapter 5.2.4 --- Performing Restriction --- p.36 / Chapter 5.2.5 --- Performing Projection --- p.37 / Chapter 5.2.6 --- Completion of Query --- p.38 / Chapter 5.2.7 --- Other Basic Operations --- p.39 / Chapter 5.2.8 --- Set Operations --- p.40 / Chapter 5.2.9 --- Composing and Decomposing a Complex Query --- p.41 / Chapter 6. --- Query Formulation in the Interface --- p.42 / Chapter 6.1 --- Example 1 (Simple Query - Novice User) --- p.45 / Chapter 6.2 --- Example 2 (Simple Query - Expert User) --- p.65 / Chapter 6.3 --- Example 3 (Simple Query with Group-By Feature) --- p.77 / Chapter 6.4 --- Example 4 (Complex Query with Set Operations) --- p.87 / Chapter 7. --- Summary and Conclusions --- p.90 / Chapter 7.1 --- Summary of Accomplishment --- p.90 / Chapter 7.2 --- Future Work --- p.94 / Chapter 7.3 --- Conclusion --- p.95 / Chapter 8. --- References --- p.96 / Chapter 9. --- Appendix A : 66 Testing Queries --- p.105 / Chapter 10. --- Appendix B : Glossary --- p.112 / Chapter 11. --- Appendix C : Programs Listing --- p.115
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_320640 |
| Date | January 1995 |
| Contributors | Lee, Fu Wing., Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management. |
| Publisher | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Source Sets | The Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text, bibliography |
| Format | print, i, 3, 2, 232 leaves : ill. ; 30 cm. |
| Rights | Use of this resource is governed by the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons “Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International” License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) |
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