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.

The purpose of the Fifth International Conference on Statistical and Scientific Databases was to bring together database researchers, users, and system builders, to discuss the particular issues of interest and to propose new solutions to the problems of the area, both from the theoretical and from the application point of view. This proceedings volume contains three invited papers as well as the other 13 contributions. The papers cover a wide area of research: object oriented database systems, semantic modelling, deductive mathematical databases, security of statistical databases, implementational issues for scientific databases, temporal summary table management, graphical and visual interfaces, query optimization, distributed databases, and economic and geographical databases.