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REFLEX active database model: Application of petri-nets

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Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA 1993)

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REFLEX is an active database research prototype, designed to provide a flexible and adaptive active database extension to an existing database system. This paper reviews the REFLEX model and its architecture. Some of the main contributions of the research are discussed, such as the notion of self-activity and of enabling investments in legacy systems to be preserved. Some current applications of petri-nets to rule management are described before the design and modelling of REFLEX using petri-nets.

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  1. Database Systems Research Laboratory, University of Greenwich, SE18 6PF, London, UK

    Waseem Naqvi & Mohamed T. Ibrahim

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Vladimír Mařík Jiří Lažanský Roland R. Wagner

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Naqvi, W., Ibrahim, M.T. (1993). REFLEX active database model: Application of petri-nets. In: Mařík, V., Lažanský, J., Wagner, R.R. (eds) Database and Expert Systems Applications. DEXA 1993. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 720. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-57234-1_21

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