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SDB
1995
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Constraint Databases: A Survey
Peter Z. Revesz
SDB
1995
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A Semantics-based Approach to Design of Query Languages for Partial Information
Most of work on partial information in databases asks which operations of standard languages, like relational algebra, can still be performed correctly in the presence of nulls. In...
Leonid Libkin
SDB
1995
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Semantics in Spatial Databases
In this paper we discuss two data models for spatial database systems: the linear data model and the topological data model. Both can be used to model a wide range of applications....
Bart Kuijpers, Jan Paredaens, Luc Vandeurzen
SDB
1995
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Semantics of Database Transformations
Database transformations arise in many di erent settings including database integration, evolution of database systems, and implementing user views and data-entry tools. This paper...
Peter Buneman, Susan B. Davidson, Anthony Kosky
RULES
1995
Springer
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Temporized and Localized Rule Sets
Constraint management plays an important role in design applications where constraints re ect design restrictions and design decisions. ECA rules are a widely used mechanism to enf...
Rose Sturm, Jutta A. Mülle, Peter C. Lockeman...
RULES
1995
Springer
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Rule Contexts in Active Databases - A Mechanism for Dynamic Rule Grouping
Engineering applications that use Active DBMSs (ADBMSs) often need to group activities into modes that are shifted during the execution of different tasks. This paper presents a me...
Martin Sköld, Esa Falkenroth, Tore Risch
PODS
1995
ACM
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Window Query-Optimal Clustering of Spatial Objects
During the last decade various spatial data structures have been designed and compared against each other with respect to their performance. Still missing is a lower bound result,...
Bernd-Uwe Pagel, Hans-Werner Six, Mario Winter
PODS
1995
ACM
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Database Metatheory: Asking the Big Queries
Christos H. Papadimitriou
PODS
1995
ACM
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Normalizing Incomplete Databases
Databases are often incomplete because of the presence of disjunctive information, due to con icts, partial knowledge and other reasons. Queries against such databases often ask q...
Leonid Libkin