A Formal Definition of Entity-Relationship Models.

@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/er/NgP79,
  author    = {Peter A. Ng and
               J. F. Paul},
  editor    = {Peter P. Chen},
  title     = {A Formal Definition of Entity-Relationship Models},
  booktitle = {Entity-Relationship Approach to Systems Analysis and Design.
                Proc. 1st International Conference on the Entity-Relationship
               Approach},
  publisher = {North-Holland},
  year      = {1979},
  isbn      = {0-444-85487-8},
  pages     = {211-230},
  ee        = {db/conf/er/NgP79.html},
  crossref  = {DBLP:conf/er/79},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}

Abstract

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