Consistent query answering under primary keys: A characterization of tractable queries

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 361, Issue , 2009, Pages 42-52

  Wijsen, Jef ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MONS   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Conjunctive queries; Consistent query answering; Database repairing; Primary key; Query rewriting

Indexed keywords

CONJUNCTIVE QUERIES; CONSISTENT QUERY ANSWERING; DATABASE REPAIRING; PRIMARY KEY; QUERY REWRITING;

QUERY LANGUAGES;

REPAIR;

EID: 70349102058     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1514894.1514900     Document Type: Conference Paper

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