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ASM Specification of Database Systems

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Database semantics is often reduced to semantics of static databases. So far, there is no theory of database dynamics or operational semantics for database applications. This paper aims in developing such a theory based on the ASM approach. We restrict the consideration to the business user layer.

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Prinz, A., Thalheim, B. (2003). ASM Specification of Database Systems. In: Börger, E., Gargantini, A., Riccobene, E. (eds) Abstract State Machines 2003. ASM 2003. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 2589. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-36498-6_32

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