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THE NEED, HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED FOR INNOVATIONS THAT WILL IN- CORPORATE SPATIAL DATABASE MANAGEMENT AND KNOWLEDGE-BASED EXPERT SYSTEMS TECHNIQUES INTO MICROCOMPUTER-BASED WORKSTA- TIONS ANSWERING THIS NEED, WE PROPOSE TO UNDERTAKE A RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EFFORT ADDRESSED TO THE DESIGN OF AN EXPERT DATA180440 SYSTEM (SDBMS) AND AN OBJECT-ORIENTED DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (OODBMS), INTEGRATED BY AN EXPERT SYSTEM COMPONENT. THE FINAL PRODUCT WILL BE BASED ON REDENT ADVANCES IN THREE AREAS OF COMPUTER SCIENCE RESEARCH, NAMELY ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, OODBMS, AND SDBMS. THE MAJOR BENEFIT OF SUCH WORK IS THAT IT WILL LEAD TO DEV- ELOPMENT OF A METHODOLOGY FOR THE INELLIENT MODELING OF DESIGN, TESTING, AND EVALUATION NECESSARY TO PROVE THE FEASIBILITY OF A SYSTEM THAT FULFILLS ALL THE GOVERNMENT'S RE-