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Advances in Data Base Theory

Volume 1

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Background for Advances in Data Base Theory

      • Hervé Gallaire, Jack Minker, Jean-Marie Nicolas
      Pages 3-21
  3. Data Base Design

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 23-23
    2. On The Properties of Join Dependencies

      • C. Beeri, M. Y. Vardi
      Pages 25-71
    3. Decompositions of Relations: A Comprehensive Approach

      • J. Paredaens, D. Janssens
      Pages 73-100
    4. Adequacy of Decompositions of Relational Databases

      • David Maier, Alberto O. Mendelzon, Fereidoon Sadri, Jeffrey D. Ullman
      Pages 101-114
    5. A Method for Helping Discover the Dependencies of a Relation

      • Antonio M. Silva, Michael A. Melkanoff
      Pages 115-133
  4. General Laws: Deduction and Integrity

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135
    2. Equations Compared with Clauses for Specification of Abstract Data Types

      • M. H. van Emden, T. S. E. Maibaum
      Pages 159-193
    3. Reasoning with Data in a Deductively Augmented Data Management System

      • Charles Kellogg, Larry Travis
      Pages 261-295
  5. Informative Capabilities for Users

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 297-297
    2. About Natural Logic

      • A. Colmerauer, J. F. Pique
      Pages 343-365
    3. On the Feasibility of Informative Answers

      • Jürgen M. Janas
      Pages 397-414
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 415-432

Editors and Affiliations

  • Ecole Nationale Supérieure de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace, Toulouse, France

    Hervé Gallaire

  • University of Maryland, College Park, USA

    Jack Minker

  • Centre d’Etudes et de Recherches de Toulouse, Toulouse, France

    Jean Marie Nicolas

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Advances in Data Base Theory

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 1

  • Editors: Hervé Gallaire, Jack Minker, Jean Marie Nicolas

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-8297-7

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1981

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4615-8299-1Published: 13 February 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-8297-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 440

  • Topics: Data Structures and Information Theory

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