by Fong Siu-kit. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1994. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 73-77). / Abstract --- p.1 / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.2 / Chapter 2. --- Background and Related Work --- p.5 / Chapter 2.1 --- Requirements of a Good Query Language /Interface --- p.5 / Chapter 2.2 --- Casual versus Frequent Users --- p.6 / Chapter 2.3 --- Graphical User Interface --- p.8 / Chapter 2.4 --- Windowing --- p.10 / Chapter 2.5 --- Use of Voice in User Interface --- p.11 / Chapter 2.6 --- Related Work --- p.12 / Chapter 2.6.1 --- Examples of Query Interface Designs in the Literature --- p.13 / Chapter 2.6.2 --- Examples of Query Interfaces in Commercial Packages --- p.15 / Chapter 3. --- Interface Design Concepts --- p.17 / Chapter 3.1 --- Data Model --- p.18 / Chapter 3.2 --- General Guidelines on Interface Design --- p.19 / Chapter 3.3 --- Divide and Conquer Strategy --- p.21 / Chapter 3.4 --- Unit of Operation --- p.24 / Chapter 3.5 --- The Second Clicking Principle --- p.26 / Chapter 3.6 --- Use of Voice in the Interface --- p.28 / Chapter 3.7 --- Customization of User Level --- p.29 / Chapter 4. --- Interface Specification and implementation --- p.30 / Chapter 4.1 --- System Menu --- p.31 / Chapter 4.2 --- ER Diagram and Tables Window --- p.33 / Chapter 4.3 --- Overview on R Window and Result Icon Window --- p.36 / Chapter 4.4 --- Choose Fields Operation --- p.38 / Chapter 4.5 --- Choose Rows Operation --- p.41 / Chapter 4.6 --- Combine Tables Operation --- p.45 / Chapter 4.7 --- For Each Group Operation --- p.49 / Chapter 4.8 --- Set Operations --- p.50 / Chapter 4.9 --- Decomposition and Recomposition of Queries --- p.51 / Chapter 5. --- Example of Application for a Complex Query --- p.54 / Chapter 6. --- Help Facilities and Error Handling --- p.63 / Chapter 6.1 --- Help Function --- p.64 / Chapter 6.2 --- Error Diagnosis --- p.66 / Chapter 7. --- Summary and Conclusion --- p.69 / Bibliography --- p.73 / Appendix --- p.78
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:cuhk.edu.hk/oai:cuhk-dr:cuhk_318211 |
| Date | January 1994 |
| Contributors | Fong, Siu-kit., 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, iv, 267 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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