Database Decomposition into Fourth Normal Form.

@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/vldb/GrahneR83,
  author    = {G{\"o}sta Grahne and
               Kari-Jouko R{\"a}ih{\"a}},
  editor    = {Mario Schkolnick and
               Costantino Thanos},
  title     = {Database Decomposition into Fourth Normal Form},
  booktitle = {9th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases, October
               31 - November 2, 1983, Florence, Italy, Proceedings},
  publisher = {Morgan Kaufmann},
  year      = {1983},
  isbn      = {0-934613-15-X},
  pages     = {186-196},
  ee        = {db/conf/vldb/GrahneR83.html},
  crossref  = {DBLP:conf/vldb/83},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}

Abstract

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