Foundations of Data Organization and Algorithms: 4th International Conference, FODO '93, Chicago, Illinois, USA, October 13-15, 1993. Proceedings

This volume presents the proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Data Organization and Algorithms, FODO '93, held in Evanston, Illinois. FODO '93 reflects the maturing of the database field which hasbeen driven by the enormous growth in the range of applications for databasesystems. The "non—standard" applications of the not—so—distant past, such ashypertext, multimedia, and scientific and engineering databases, now provide some of the central motivation for the advances in ha...