The Fifth International Conference on Statistical and Scientific Databases continued a series of conferences started nine years ago; several conferences were held in California and Europe. The papers presented here cover a wide area of research in this field.

Object-oriented approach to managing statistical and scientific databases.- Storm: A statistical object representation model.- Semantic modelling of bivariate statistical tests.- Deductive mathematical databases — A case study.- Optimal distribution of restricted ranges in secure statistical databases.- Implementing subscripted identifiers in scientific databases.- Random sampling from database files: A survey.- Temporal summary table management and graphic interface.- A framework for query optimization in temporal databases.- GRASP: A graphical system for statistical databases.- A visual interface for browsing and manipulating statistical entities.- Database systems for programmable logic controllers.- The implementation of area and membership retrievals in point geography using SQL.- Preliminary data in economic databases.- Platypus: Inheritance and scientific discovery.- Using a blackboard architecture in a distributed DBMS environment: An expert system application.

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