Antonio Badia

Quantifiers in Action

Generalized Quantification in Query, Logical and Natural Languages

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The database industry is a multi-billion, world-wide, all-encompassing part of the software world. Quantifiers in Action: Generalized Quantification in Query, Logical and Natural Languages introduces a query language called GQs-Generalized Quantification in Query. Most query languages are simply versions of First Order Logic (FOL). GQs are an extension of the idea of quantifier in FOL. GQs are a perfect example of a practical theory within databases.

This book provides a brief background in logic and introduces the concept of GQs, and then develops a query language based on GQs. Using Query Language with Generalized Quantifiers, the reader explores the efficient implementation of the concept, always a primary consideration in databases. This professional book also includes several extensions for use with documents employing question and answer techniques.

Designed for practitioners and researchers within the database management field; also suitable for advanced-level students in computer science.

Produktdetails

• Advances in Database Systems 37
• Verlag: Springer / Springer US / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-1-4419-3494-9
• Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2009
• Seitenzahl: 156
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 9mm
• Gewicht: 261g
• ISBN-13: 9781441934949
• ISBN-10: 1441934944
• Artikelnr.: 32899473

Inhaltsangabe

Basic Concepts.- Generalized Quantifiers.- QLGQ: A Query Language with Generalized Quantifiers.- Implementation and Optimization of Standard GQs.- Quantifier Prefixes.- Cooperative Query Answering.- Generalized Quantifiers and Natural Language.- Extensions.- Conclusion.