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The design specification of processes within a relational database system is addressed. A novel method based on a rigorous approach to the correspondence between the attribute requirements of a process, and the attribute content and structure of a relational database, is presented.
A method — including algorithmic assists — is presented, based on this representation.
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Orlowska, M.E., Jeffery, K.G. (1991). A functional method of data processing based on relational algebra. In: Andersen, R., Bubenko, J.A., Sølvberg, A. (eds) Advanced Information Systems Engineering. CAiSE 1991. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 498. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-54059-8_82
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