The next generation of information systems - from intelligence to distribution and cooperation -- A data and operation model for advanced database systems -- An object-oriented data model to represent uncertainty in coupled artificial intelligence - database systems -- Common architectures for databases and knowledge-based systems -- The construction of maintainable knowledge bases -- Adding qualitative reasoning to an organizational database for management decision support -- Building human-centered intelligent cooperative information systems with IKEA -- Database organisation for qualitative analysis: the NUDIST™ system -- Using a prolog engine to integrate multiple knowledge sources: the KCM/Help-desk project -- From relations to objects: A translation methodology for an object oriented front-end to RDBMSs -- A framework for cooperative adaptable information systems -- Problem solving in federative environments: The FRESCO concept of cooperative agents -- Heterogeneous database integration architecture based on a conversation theoretic skeleton -- Coarse-grained distributed agents for transparent access to remote information -- A forward-chaining information framework -- Using negotiation and coordination in multiagent Intelligent Cooperative Information Systems -- A distributed cooperative agents architecture for software development -- Knowledge selection in large knowledge bases.