Overview
- First book to focus exclusively on Generalized Quantification in Query, from both a practical and theoretical point of view
- Includes semantics with a focus on morphisms
- Includes material from databases, question answering, logic and linguistics in a unified manner
Part of the book series: Advances in Database Systems (ADBS, volume 37)
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
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About this book
The database industry is a multi-billion, world-wide, all-encompassing part of the software world. Quantifiers in Action: Generalized Quantification in Query, Logical and Natural Languages introduces a query language called GQs—Generalized Quantification in Query. Most query languages are simply versions of First Order Logic (FOL). GQs are an extension of the idea of quantifier in FOL. GQs are a perfect example of a practical theory within databases.
This book provides a brief background in logic and introduces the concept of GQs, and then develops a query language based on GQs. Using Query Language with Generalized Quantifiers, the reader explores the efficient implementation of the concept, always a primary consideration in databases. This professional book also includes several extensions for use with documents employing question and answer techniques.
Designed for practitioners and researchers within the database management field; also suitable for advanced-level students in computer science.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Quantifiers in Action
Book Subtitle: Generalized Quantification in Query, Logical and Natural Languages
Authors: Antonio Badia
Series Title: Advances in Database Systems
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-09564-6
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag US 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-09563-9Published: 17 April 2009
Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4419-3494-9Published: 06 December 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-09564-6Published: 03 April 2009
Series ISSN: 1386-2944
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 156
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations
Topics: Database Management, Programming Languages, Compilers, Interpreters, Information Storage and Retrieval, Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet), Computer Communication Networks