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The Enhanced ER Model (EER) extends the original ER model to better represent complex database requirements through concepts such as subclasses, superclasses, specialization, generalization, categories, and aggregation. Subclasses inherit attributes from their superclasses, while specialization and generalization allow for the breakdown and grouping of entities. Aggregation models relationships between whole objects and their components, facilitating the representation of complex relationships in database design.

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The Enhanced ER Model (EER) extends the original ER model to better represent complex database requirements through concepts such as subclasses, superclasses, specialization, generalization, categories, and aggregation. Subclasses inherit attributes from their superclasses, while specialization and generalization allow for the breakdown and grouping of entities. Aggregation models relationships between whole objects and their components, facilitating the representation of complex relationships in database design.

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Enhanced ER Model

EER is a high-level data model that incorporates the extensions to the original ER model.
Enhanced ERD are high level models that represent the requirements and complexities of
complex database.

In addition to ER model concepts EE-R includes −

• Subclasses and Super classes.


• Specialization and Generalization.
• Category or union type.
• Aggregation.
These concepts are used to create EE-R diagrams.

Subclasses and Super class


Super class is an entity that can be divided into further subtype.
For example − consider Shape super class.

Super class shape has sub groups: Triangle, Square and Circle.
Sub classes are the group of entities with some unique attributes.Sub class inherits the
properties and attributes from super class.

Specialization and Generalization


Generalization is a process of generalizing an entity which contains generalized attributes
or properties of generalized entities.
It is a Bottom up process i.e. consider we have 3 sub entities Car, Truck and Motorcycle.
Now these three entities can be generalized into one super class named as Vehicle.
Specialization is a process of identifying subsets of an entity that share some different
characteristic. It is a top down approach in which one entity is broken down into low level
entity.
In above example Vehicle entity can be a Car, Truck or Motorcycle.

Category or Union
Relationship of one super or sub class with more than one super class.
Owner is the subset of two super class: Vehicle and House.

Aggregation
Represents relationship between a whole object and its component.

Consider a ternary relationship Works_On between Employee, Branch and Manager.


Now the best way to model this situation is to use aggregation, So, the relationship-set,
Works_On is a higher level entity-set. Such an entity-set is treated in the same manner
as any other entity-set. We can create a binary relationship, Manager, between
Works_On and Manager to represent who manages what tasks.

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