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A rewriting technique for the analysis and the optimization of active databases

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Database Theory — ICDT '95 (ICDT 1995)

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We propose a new formal semantics of active databases based on a transaction rewriting technique in the context of the relational model. A user defined transaction, which is viewed here as a sequence of atomic database updates forming a semantic unit, is translated by means of active rules into induced one(s). Those transactions embody active rule semantics which can be either immediate or deferred. Rule semantics, confluence, equivalence and optimization are then formally investigated and characterized in a solid framework that naturally extends a known setting for relational database transactions.

The work of this author has been partially supported by the ERCIM fellowship Information and Knowledge Systems.

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  1. Informatics Department, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, OX11 0QX, Chilton, Didcot Oxon, UK

    Danilo Montesi

  2. IASI-CNR, Viale Manzoni 30, 00185, Roma, Italy

    Riccardo Torlone

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Montesi, D., Torlone, R. (1995). A rewriting technique for the analysis and the optimization of active databases. In: Gottlob, G., Vardi, M.Y. (eds) Database Theory — ICDT '95. ICDT 1995. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 893. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-58907-4_19

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