Semantics in databases / Bernhard Thalheim, Leonid Libkin (eds.).
| Other author | Thalheim, B. (Bernhard), 1952- |
| Other author | Libkin, Leonid. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Berlin ; New York : Springer, ©1998. |
| Description | ix, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Lecture notes in computer science ; 1358 Lecture notes in computer science 1358. ^A466336 |
| Contents | An informal and efficient approach for obtaining semantic constraints using sample data and natural language processing / Meike Albrecht ... [et al.] -- Achievements of relational database schema design theory revisited / Joachim Biskup -- Semantics of database transformations / Susan Davidson, Peter Buneman, Anthony Kosky -- The evolving algebra semantics of class and role hierarchies / Georg Gottlob, Michael Schrefl -- Semantics in spatial databases / Bart Kuijpers, Jan Paredaens, Luc Vandeurzen -- The additivity problem for data dependencies in incomplete relational databases / Marc Levene, George Loizou -- A semantics-based approach to design of query languages for partial information / Leonid Libkin -- Constraint databases : a survey / Peter Z. Revesz -- Redundancy elimination and a new normal form for relational database design / Millist W. Vincent. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 98014451 |
| ISBN | 3540641998 (pbk. : alk. paper) |