Logics for Databases and Information Systems -

Résumé :
The designers and users of present-day information systems deal with more and more complex applications that have to meet stringent quality requirements. In this context, logic offers a wide variety of formalisms that can be applied to the specification, analysis, and prototype implementation of information systems. Such formalisms, e.g., temporal logic, provide a sound semantic basis for further extensions and for the development of practical database languages. br/ emLogics for Databases and Information Systems/em addresses novel applications of logical frameworks to the problems of database integrity and dynamics, handling time and change, concurrency, incomplete information, data modeling, and property inheritance. Each topic is discussed by leading researchers in the field. br/ emLogics for Databases and Information Systems/em is suitable as a secondary text for a graduate level course on Databases and Information Systems, and as a reference for researchers and practitioners in industry.

Sommaire:
1 Introduction to Logics for Databases and Information Systems.- References.- 2 A Logic Primer.- 2.1 Introduction.- 2.2 First-Order Logic (FOL).- 2.3 Modal Logics.- 2.4 Logic Programming.- 2.5 Conclusion.- References.- 3 Temporal Logic in Information Systems.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 Temporal Databases.- 3.3 Temporal Queries.- 3.4 Temporal Integrity Constraints.- 3.5 Multidimensional Time.- 3.6 Beyond First-order Temporal Logic.- 3.7 Conclusions.- References.- 4 The Role of Deontic Logic in the Specification of Information Systems.- 4.1 Introduction: Soft Constraints and Deontic Logic.- 4.2 Standard Deontic Logic (SDL).- 4.3 The Paradoxes of Deontic Logic.- 4.4 A Diagnosis of the Problems.- 4.5 A Solution to the 'Ought-to-Be' Version of the Chisholm Paradox: S5O(n).- 4.6 Ought-to-Do: The Dynamic Perspective.- 4.7 An Integrated Logic of Ought-to-Be and Ought-to-Do Constraints.- 4.8 Applications.- References.- 5 A Logic for Programming Database Transactions.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Overview and Introductory Examples.- 5.3 Syntax.- 5.4 Elementary Operations.- 5.5 Model Theory.- 5.6 Proof Theory.- 5.7 Related Work.- References.- 6 Logics for Specifying Concurrent Information Systems.- 6.1 Introduction.- 6.2 Overview.- 6.3 Local Logic L.- 6.4 Distributed Logics.- 6.5 Reduction.- 6.6 Extended Example.- 6.7 Related Work.- 6.8 Concluding Remarks.- References.- 7 Evolving Logical Specification in Information Systems.- 7.1 Introduction.- 7.2 Motivation and Language.- 7.3 Syntax and Semantics of the Logic.- 7.4 Translation of Language into Logic.- 7.5 Using the Logical Framework.- 7.6 Concluding Remarks.- References.- 8 Description Logics for Conceptual Data Modeling.- 8.1 Introduction.- 8.2 Description Logics.- 8.3 Semantic Data Models.- 8.4 Object-Oriented Data Models.- 8.5Support for Data Modeling.- 8.6 Conclusions.- References.- 9 Integrity Constraints: Semantics and Applications.- 9.1 Introduction.- 9.2 Background.- 9.3 Semantics of Integrity Constraints.- 9.4 Reasoning with Integrity Constraints.- 9.5 Applications of Integrity Constraints.- 9.6 Conclusion and Future Directions.- References.- 10 Logical Approaches to Incomplete Information: A Survey.- 10.1 Introduction.- 10.2 Sources of Indefiniteness.- 10.3 A Semantic Framework for Incomplete Databases.- 10.4 Algebraic Models of Nulls.- 10.5 Logical Databases.- 10.6 Complexity of Queries.- 10.7 Negative Information.- 10.8 Integrity Constraints.- 10.9 Updates of Incomplete Databases.- 10.10 Other Issues.- 10.11 Incomplete Information in Current Technology.- References.- 11 Declarative Frameworks for Inheritance.- 11.1 Introduction.- 11.2 Motivation for Inheritance.- 11.3 Main Issues and Problems.- 11.4 Logic-based Approaches to Inheritance.- 11.5 Research Directions.- References.- 12 On Logical Foundations of Active Databases.- 12.1 Introduction.- 12.2 Basics of Active Rules.- 12.3 Research on Foundations of Active Rules.- 12.4 A Deductive State-Oriented Core Language.- 12.5 A Framework for Active Rules.- 12.6 Conclusion.- References.