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Designing database from reusable patterns
Murray State University Deciding how information should be structured and stored in databases is a crucial task in database design. Database design is a difficult task and cannot be completely automated. Rather than designing every new database 'from scratch', reuse based design approach may be preferable. In reuse based approach, the database will be designed by scanning existing database patterns, selecting a pattern and adapting it for the current problem. A computer based tool will be developed to help the user in picking appropriate pattern from a list of patterns, and adapting it to current problem. The effectiveness of the tool will be demonstrated by empirical evaluations. |