Abstract
dc:description.abstractThis thesis describes the Graph Object Access Language (GOAL) and optimization techniques to execute GOAL statements. GOAL can be used to retrieve information stored in an object-oriented database system modeled as an information graph. It is an extension of the LEND query language developed by Chen et aI. The expressive power of GOAL and the effectiveness of the optimization techniques have been demonstrated using the WordNet database. Queries for the database have been identified and formulated using GOAL. The effectiveness of the optimization techniques has been demonstrated for six typical query forms with randomly selected words.
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Science
- Level thesis:degree_level
- masters
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Computer Science and Applications
- Department dc:contributor.department
- Computer Science and Applications
- Grantor dc:publisher
- Virginia Tech
- Year dc:date.issued
- 1993
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Betrabet, Sangita
- Chair dc:contributor.committeechair
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- Fox, Edward A.
- Committee members dc:contributor.committeemember
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- Heath, Lenwood S.
- Shaffer, Clifford A.
Rights
dc:rights- Statement dc:rights
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- In Copyright
- Licence dc:rights.uri
- Language dc:language.iso
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Dc Identifier Other
- etd-10312009-020301
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/45365