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Query formulation remains obstinately difficult for large classes of users. Indeed, with the exception of approaches facilitating syntax problems, there is a noticeable absence of models taking charge of the user through from specification of their needs to formulation of their queries. In this article, we take a novel look to object-oriented queries — reifying the ones which users formulate as components then reusing them, by means of strategies for selecting, assembling and adapting them to help in the formulation of new complex queries.
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Seriai, A., Oussalah, C. (2001). A Reuse Based Object-Oriented Framework Towards Flexible Formulation of Complex Queries. In: Larsen, H.L., Andreasen, T., Christiansen, H., Kacprzyk, J., Zadrożny, S. (eds) Flexible Query Answering Systems. Advances in Soft Computing, vol 7. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-1834-5_12
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