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"The book is written in a readable and inspiring style. The motivations for new concepts are well explained." Urs-Martin Kúnzi, Journal of Symbolic Logic
Updating Logical Databases
by Marianne Winslett, C. J. Van Rijsbergen, Samson AbramskyView All Available Formats & Editions
This book tackles the problems of update algorithms for databases. How can one construct and maintain a database of facts, capable of incorporating new information and getting rid of all outdated information, and yet in the process not disturb any other information in the database? The author has produced a formal method of specifying the desired change
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This book tackles the problems of update algorithms for databases. How can one construct and maintain a database of facts, capable of incorporating new information and getting rid of all outdated information, and yet in the process not disturb any other information in the database? The author has produced a formal method of specifying the desired change intentionally using a "formula-based" approach to updating needs rather than a "model-based" technique. The complexity of the algorithms, choice of semantics and means of enforcing integrity constraints are also discussed.
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Product Details
- ISBN-13:
- 9780521619721
- Publisher:
- Cambridge University Press
- Publication date:
- 12/31/2004
- Series:
- Cambridge Tracts in Theoretical Computer Science Series , #9
- Pages:
- 224
- Product dimensions:
- 6.85(w) x 9.72(h) x 0.47(d)
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