Big Data Integration Theory Theory and Methods of Database Mappings, Programming Languages, and Semantics /

• Main Author: Majkić, Zoran (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
• Series: Texts in Computer Science,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Computer logic.; Computer science > Mathematics.; Database management.; Application software.; Management information systems.; Computer Science.; Database Management.; Logics and Meanings of Programs.; Discrete Mathematics in Computer Science.; Management of Computing and Information Systems.; Computer Appl. in Administrative Data Processing.

The challenges of big data demand a clear theoretical and algebraic framework, extending the standard relational database (RDB) with more powerful features in order to manage the complex schema mappings. This unique textbook/reference presents a novel approach to database concepts, describing a cate...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction and Technical Preliminaries
• Composition of Schema Mappings: Syntax and Semantics
• Definition of DB Category
• Functorial Semantics for Database Schema Mappings
• Extensions of Relational Codd’s Algebra and DB Category
• Categorial RDB Machines
• Operational Semantics for Database Mappings
• The Properties of DB Category
• Weak Monoidal DB Topos.