Overview

This volume, the eighth of a continuing series on information systems science, presents five timely topics which are of current interest in this growing field. In each chapter, an attempt is made to familiarize the reader with some basic background information on the advances discussed, so that this volume may be used independently or in conjunction with the previous volumes. The emphasis in this volume is centered upon file or­ ganization and performance evaluation, computational semantics, digital control, clustering analysis, and geometric modeling. Chapter I presents a comprehensive survey of file organization. In this chapter, Gudes and Ganesh discuss performance evaluation, imple­ mentation considerations, relationship to database models, and performance tradeoffs of various file organizations. The semantics of programming languages was discussed in Volume 2 of this series. This topic is revisited by Culik II and Farah from a different point of view. Chapter 2 is concerned with linked forest manipulation and models for formal description of a programming language. Linked trees reveal syntactical properties of a programming language and provide data structures for describing com­ putational semantics.

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Author:   Julius T. Tou
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1981
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.516kg
ISBN:  

9781461398851

ISBN 10:   1461398851
Pages:   332
Publication Date:   30 November 2012
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1 A Survey of File Organizations and Performance.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Primary Key File Organizations.- 3. Secondary Key File Organizations.- 4. Complex File and Data Base Structures.- 5. Summary.- References and Bibliography.- 2 Linked Forest Manipulation Systems—A Tool for Computational Semantics.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Tree and Linked Forest Manipulation Systems.- 3. Describing a Programming Language Formally.- 4. Formalism for Linked Forest Manipulation Systems.- 5. Model for Formal Description of Programming Languages.- 6. Examples.- References.- 3 Software Development for Digital Control.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Hardware.- 3. Development of Digital Algorithms.- 4. Implementation Considerations.- 5. Software.- 6. Conclusions.- References.- 4 Clustering Analysis and Its Applications.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Distance Functions.- 3. Clustering Analysis—Graph Theoretical Approach.- 4. Visual Clustering Analysis.- 5. A Review of Clustering Analysis Techniques Discussed.- 6. Clustering Analysis and Storage Reduction.- 7. Clustering Analysis and Nearest Neighbor Searching.- 8. Clustering Analysis and Partial Match Searching.- 9. Clustering Analysis and the Program Restructuring Problem.- 10. Concluding Remarks and Directions for Future Research.- References.- 5 An Introduction to Geometric Modeling and Its Applications in Mechanical Design and Production.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Models and Representations for Rigid Solid Objects.- 3. Properties of Solid Objects.- 4. Object-Modifying Processes.- 5. Conclusions.- References.

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