The Problem of Incomplete Information in Relational Databases

In a relational database the information is recorded as rows in tables. However, in many practical situations the available information is incomplete and the values for some columns are missing. Yet few existing database management systems allow the user to enter null values in the database. This mo...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Grahne, Gösta
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 1991, 1991
Edition:1st ed. 1991
Series:Lecture Notes in Computer Science
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Relational databases
  • Semantic aspects of incomplete information
  • Syntactic and algorithmic aspects of incomplete information
  • Computational complexity aspects of incomplete information
  • Some conclusive aspects