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This paper presents an algorithm that derives from a class an IS_A hierarchy. Each class of the obtained hierarchy represents a substructure of the initial class. We determine them by using existence dependencies. This algorithm can be used during the design of an object-oriented schema and can be integrated into an automated design process of normalized inheritance graphs.
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Lammari, N., Laleau, R., Jouve, M., Castellani, X. (1995). An Algorithm for IS_A Hierarchy Derivation. In: Patel, D., Sun, Y., Patel, S. (eds) OOIS’94. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-3016-1_39
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