Beynon, Meurig, Cartwright, Alan and Yung, Yun Pui (1995) Databases from an agent-oriented perspective. University of Warwick. Department of Computer Science. (Department of Computer Science research report). (Unpublished)

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Abstract

We regard a database as a computer model that enables us to simulate different modes of interaction with a real-world system. We describe new agent-oriented modelling principles that can be used to construct such models. These principles use systems of definitions ("definitive scripts") to record the current values of real-world observables, and represent a far-reaching generalisation of the principles adopted in the relational language ISBL. An exercise in concurrent engineering: the design of a lathe shaft, is used for purposes of illustration. We compare our approach to data modelling with relational, deductive and object-oriented approaches.

Item Type:	Report
Subjects:	Q Science > QA Mathematics > QA76 Electronic computers. Computer science. Computer software
Divisions:	Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Science > Computer Science
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH):	Databases, Computer simulation
Series Name:	Department of Computer Science research report
Publisher:	University of Warwick. Department of Computer Science
Official Date:	1995
Dates:	Date Event 1995 Completion
Number:	Number 278
Number of Pages:	14
DOI:	CS-RR-278
Institution:	University of Warwick
Theses Department:	Department of Computer Science
Status:	Not Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Unpublished
Funder:	Science and Engineering Research Council (Great Britain) (SERC)
Grant number:	GR/J13458 (SERC)
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