Object-oriented database OODB users bring with them large quantities of legacy data megabytes and even gigabytes. In addition, scienti c OODB users continually generate new data. ...
In this paper, we describe the application of a new type of genetic algorithm called the Structured Genetic Algorithm (sGA) for function optimization in nonstationary environments...
Practical solid modeling systems are plagued by numerical problems that arise from using oatingpoint arithmetic. For example, polyhedral solids are often represented by a combinat...
Bounded quantification was introduced by Cardelli and Wegner as a means of typing functions that operate uniformly over all subtypes of a given type. They defined a simple “ob...
Peter S. Canning, William R. Cook, Walter L. Hill,...
Object-oriented database systems (ooDBMSs) are supposed to offer at least the functionality available in commercial relational DBMSs of today. One important consequence of this is...