In this paper we develop a new method for solving queries on semistructured data. The main idea is to see a database as a Kripke Transition System (a model) and a query as a formul...
This paper describes an experimental platform for approximate knowledge databases called the Approximate Knowledge Database (AKDB), based on a semantics inspired by rough sets. The...
Abstract. Database design aims to find a database schema that permits the efficient processing of common types of queries and updates on future database instances. Full first-ord...
In this paper a semantic approach for the specification and the management of databases with evolving schemata is introduced. It is shown how a general objectoriented model for sc...
We present a logic programming based dialogue system that enables the access in natural language to the heterogeneous external relational databases of the Évora University. The p...
Salvador Abreu, Paulo Quaresma, Luis Quintano, Ire...