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Towards a Logic for Abstract MetaFinite State Machines

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Foundations of Information and Knowledge Systems (FoIKS 2008)

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The paper investigates the logic of database transformations based on abstract metafinite state machines. We first introduce a structure model that separates a metafinite state into database and algorithmic spaces with bridge functions providing a connection between them. Then abstract metafinite state machines are developed on top of metafinite states equipped with two kinds of updates: exclusive updates and aggregate updates. In order to characterize both static and dynamic aspects of abstract metafinite state machines, we present a logic which supports reasoning about the side effects of exclusive and aggregate updates in update multisets occurring over database transformations.

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    Qing Wang & Klaus-Dieter Schewe

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Wang, Q., Schewe, KD. (2008). Towards a Logic for Abstract MetaFinite State Machines. In: Hartmann, S., Kern-Isberner, G. (eds) Foundations of Information and Knowledge Systems. FoIKS 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4932. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77684-0_24

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