SIADBDD: An integrated tool to design distributed databases SIADBDD: Una herramienta integrada de ayuda al diseño de bases de datos distribuidas

This paper addresses an architectural and functional overview of an implemented tool that aids designers to design DDBs in a relational context. Conceptual design and fragmentation issues are considered as well as the allocation problem. The tool applies metaheuristics for solving many design problems to obtain outputs in reasonable time. They use cost models and are targeted at globally minimizing these costs.