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relational databases. For all of the communities, the research is motivated by com-
mon problem awareness: A better interface can be developed that will allow users to
more quickly and eectively obtain answers to questions about the performance of
their business operations.
e theoretical impetus for the prospective improvement would vary
between research communities. For the software engineering or database com-
munities, the motivation could be new knowledge of faster access techniques
or visual rendering techniques. For the decision sciences community and the
HCI and cognitive research communities, ...