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ICDE
1994
IEEE
103views Database» more  ICDE 1994»
14 years 21 days ago
A Multi-Set Extended Relational Algebra - A Formal Approach to a Practical Issue
The relational data model is based on sets of tuples, i.e. it does not allow duplicate tuples in a relation. Many database languages and systems do require multi-set place, the hi...
Paul W. P. J. Grefen, Rolf A. de By
PPSWR
2004
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Towards a Multi-calendar Temporal Type System for (Semantic) Web Query Languages
Abstract. Time is omnipresent on the (Semantic) Web. However, formalism like XML, XML Schema, RDF, OWL and (Semantic) Web query languages have, if any, only very limited notions of...
François Bry, Stephanie Spranger
FM
1999
Springer
93views Formal Methods» more  FM 1999»
14 years 25 days ago
Group Principals and the Formalization of Anonymity
We introduce the concept of a group principal and present a number of different classes of group principals, including threshold-group-principals. These appear to naturally usefu...
Paul F. Syverson, Stuart G. Stubblebine
FOIS
2006
13 years 10 months ago
Nontological Engineering
This article reflects an ongoing effort to systematize the use of terms applied by philosophers and computer scientists in the context of ontology and ontological engineering. We s...
Waclaw Kusnierczyk
ATAL
1995
Springer
14 years 4 days ago
Time, Knowledge, and Choice
Abstract. This article considers the link between theory and practice in agentoriented programming. We begin by rigorously defining a new formal specification language for autono...
Michael Wooldridge