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Integrating modelling systems for environmental management information systems

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David J. Abel,

Kerry Taylor,

Dean KuoAuthors Info & Claims

ACM SIGMOD Record, Volume 26, Issue 1

Pages 5 - 10

https://doi.org/10.1145/248603.248605

Published: 01 March 1997 Publication History

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Special purpose modelling packages can become more accessible and more effective for decision support when integrated into a spatial information system. Integration is made difficult by differences in the models due to scope, underlying data models, and command languages. This paper extends a federated information systems design methodology and architecture by identifying parallels of the model integration problem with the database integration problem in federated database design. A schema architecture is proposed together with associated schema translation functions. The role of a problem statement, analogous to a federated database query, is defined. Our design approach is demonstrated in HYDRA, a decision support system for water quality management.

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