Logic Programming and Databases.

Stefano Ceri, Georg Gottlob, Letizia Tanca

ISBN 10: 3540517286 / ISBN 13: 9783540517283

Edité par Springer, 1750

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Shelf wear and rubbing to the spine edges and corners, with the corners slightly rubbed through.; Surveys In Computer Science; 284 pages.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Logic Programming and Databases.
• Éditeur: Springer
• Date de parution: 1750
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 3540517286
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9783540517283
• Reliure: Hardcover
• État de l'article: Very Good-

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Synopsis

This text presents a systematic overview of the interaction between logic programming and database systems. Merging these two technologies permits new types of systems which extend the frontiers of computer science and open up new applications, such as deductive databases, knowledge base management systems, and expert database systems. The book opens with an overview and an introductory review, then is divided into three parts devoted to - the coupling of Prolog with relational databases, - the definition of the Datalog language, and - the description of query optimization techniques and extensions of Datalog. A closing chapter reviews the main projects on the integration of logic programming and databases, including LDL, Nail! and the Fifth Generation Project. The presentation achieves a balance between theoretical and technological issues, by providing a careful introduction to the underlying paradigms and their theoretical foundations, and by stressing the problems involved in achieving efficiency when interfacing logic programming formalisms with large databases.