Repairing and Querying Databases under Aggregate Constraints

• Main Authors: Flesca, Sergio (Author), Furfaro, Filippo (Author), Parisi, Francesco (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Computer Science,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Database management.; Computer Science.; Database Management.

Research has deeply investigated several issues related to the use of integrity constraints on relational databases. In particular, a great deal of attention has been devoted to the problem of extracting "reliable" information from databases containing pieces of information inconsistent wi...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Preliminaries
• Repairing and Querying: the Fundamental Decision Problems
• Computing Card-minimal Repairs
• Consistent Answers to Aggregate Queries
• Possible Extensions and Open Problems
• References.