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Two systems developed over the past several years for easy accessing of information from relational databases, DBLEARN and SystemX, are described. We explain their architectural characteristics, providing pointers to appropriate references for specific details. Examples given to illustrate the usefulness of these systems are drawn from databases in use with Rogers Cablesystems and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC).*
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Cercone, N., McFetridge, P., Han, J., Popowich, F. (1994). Human-Computer Interfaces: DBLEARN and SystemX. In: Ziarko, W.P. (eds) Rough Sets, Fuzzy Sets and Knowledge Discovery. Workshops in Computing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3238-7_5
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