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A Semantics for Complex Objects and Approximate Queries.

Peter Buneman, Susan B. Davidson, Aaron Watters: A Semantics for Complex Objects and Approximate Queries. PODS 1988: 305-314
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  author    = {Peter Buneman and
               Susan B. Davidson and
               Aaron Watters},
  title     = {A Semantics for Complex Objects and Approximate Queries},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the Seventh ACM SIGACT-SIGMOD-SIGART Symposium
               on Principles of Database Systems, March 21-23, 1988, Austin,
               Texas},
  publisher = {ACM},
  year      = {1988},
  isbn      = {0-89791-263-2},
  pages     = {305-314},
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Abstract

A new definition of complex objects is introduced which provides a denotation for incomplete tuples as well as partially described sets. Set values are "sandwiched" between "complete" and "consistent" descriptions (representing the Smyth and Hoare powerdomains respectively), allowing the maximal values to be arbitrary subsets of maximal elements in the domain of the set. We also examine the use of rules in defining queries over such objects.

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Proceedings of the Seventh ACM SIGACT-SIGMOD-SIGART Symposium on Principles of Database Systems, March 21-23, 1988, Austin, Texas. ACM 1988, ISBN 0-89791-263-2
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Peter Buneman, Susan B. Davidson, Aaron Watters: A Semantics for Complex Objects and Approximate Answers. J. Comput. Syst. Sci. 43(1): 170-218(1991) BibTeX

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  3. Jürgen Kalinski: Disjunctive Rules, Maybe Tuples and Null Values: Logic Programs with Incomplete Information. ADBIS 1996: 84-92
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  7. Susan V. Vrbsky, Jane W.-S. Liu: An Object-Oriented Query Processor that Produces Monotonically Improving Approximate Answers. ICDE 1991: 472-481
  8. Edward Sciore: Abbreviation Techniques in Entity-Relationship Query Languages. ER 1991: 129-145
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