An Object memory for an object-oriented database management system

Ankara : The Department of Computer Engineering and Information Sciences and the Institute of Engineering and Sciences of Bilkent Univ. , 1988.Thesis (Master's) -- Bilkent University), 1988.Includes bibliographical references leaves 86-89.Object-oriented paradigm is an approach that can be applied in various areas of computing. In this approach, each entity is represented by an object which captures the state and the behaviour of the entity. In this thesis, a focused survey of object-oriented paradigm in general and object-oriented database management systems in particular has been carried out and an object memory module is designed and implemented for an object-oriented database management system prototype. The object memory module handles the representation, access and manipulation of objects in the system and provides the primitive functions that are necessary in the development of the prototype.Kesim, F NihanM.S

Groupie - An Environment supporting Group-Oriented Architecture Development

The paper presents an architecture definition language and various mappings to different programming languages. In addition, a major new idea is that the language contains features which are exploited to define a concept to support cooperative distributed development of architectural descriptions. Besides the language and group-ware concepts the paper sketches functionality and implementation of the corresponding support environment called Groupie. The section describing the implementation of Groupie illustrates the suitability of an object database to build software engineering environments supporting multiple users

An Object-Oriented Language-Database Integration Model: The Composition-Filters Approach

This paper introduces a new model, based on so-called object-composition filters, that uniformly integrates database-like features into an object-oriented language. The focus is on providing persistent dynamic data structures, data sharing, transactions, multiple views and associative access, integrated with the object-oriented paradigm. The main contribution is that the database-like features are part of this new object-oriented model, and therefore, are uniformly integrated with object-oriented features such as data abstraction, encapsulation, message passing and inheritance. This approach eliminates the problems associated with existing systems such as lack of reusability and extensibility for database operations, the violation of encapsulation, the need to define specific types such as sets, and the incapability to support multiple views. The model is illustrated through the object-oriented language Sina

Pattern languages in HCI: A critical review

This article presents a critical review of patterns and pattern languages in human-computer interaction (HCI). In recent years, patterns and pattern languages have received considerable attention in HCI for their potential as a means for developing and communicating information and knowledge to support good design. This review examines the background to patterns and pattern languages in HCI, and seeks to locate pattern languages in relation to other approaches to interaction design. The review explores four key issues: What is a pattern? What is a pattern language? How are patterns and pattern languages used? and How are values reflected in the pattern-based approach to design? Following on from the review, a future research agenda is proposed for patterns and pattern languages in HCI

Secondary storage management in an object-oriented database management system

Ankara : The Department of Computer Engineering and Information Sciences and the Institute of Engineering and Sciences of Bilkent Univ. , 1988.Thesis (Master's) -- Bilkent University, 1988.Includes bibliographical references leaves 91-95.In this thesis, a survey on object-orientation and object-oriented database management systems has been carried out and a secondary storage management and indexing module is implemented for an object-oriented database management system prototype developed at Bilkent University. First, basic concepts, characteristics, and application areas of objectoriented approach are introduced, then, the designed prototype system is presented, the secondary storage management module is explained in detail and the functions of the other modules are summarized. Finally, the current research issues in the object-oriented database systems are introduced.Karaorman, MuratM.S