Semantics in databases / Bernhard Thalheim, Leonid Libkin (eds.).

Other author Thalheim, B. (Bernhard), 1952-
Other author Libkin, Leonid.
Format Book
Publication InfoBerlin ; New York : Springer, ©1998.
Descriptionix, 264 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subjects

SeriesLecture 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 noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 98014451
ISBN3540641998 (pbk. : alk. paper)