edited by W Kim (UniSQL, Inc., USA) , Y Kambayashi (Kyoto Univ.) , & I S Paik (Ajou Univ.)

This volume is the first in a series which aims to contribute to the wider dissemination of the results of research and development in database systems for non-traditional applications and non-traditional machine organizations. It contains updated versions of selected papers from the First International Symposium on Database Systems for Advanced Applications.

• A Framework for the Parallel Evaluation of Recursive Queries in Deductive Databases (R-P Qi & W Bibel)
• Realization of Composite Relationship Views Utilizing Regular Expressions (H-Y Xu & Y Kambayashi)
• Seamless Interconnection in Federated Database Systems (D Fang & D McLeod)
• Case-Based Evolutionary World Model for Electronic Secretaries (K Kanasaki & T L Kunii)
• Design and Implementation of a Visual Query Language for Historical Databases (E Oomoto & K Tanaka)
• Intersection Operations in a Multi-Layered Spatial Data Model (D W Embley & G Nagy)
• Partial Match Retrieval Using Multiple-Key Hashing with Multiple File Copies (K Ramamohanarao et al.)
• Overview of Functional Disk System (M Kitsuregawa et al.)
• and other papers