Logic and Databases - The Roots of Relational Theory (Paperback)

Logic and databases are inextricably intertwined. The relational model in particular is essentially just elementary predicate logic, tailored to fit the needs of database management. Now, if you're a database professional, I'm sure this isn't news to you; but you still might not realize just how much everything we do in the database world is - or should be! - affected by predicate logic. Logic is everywhere.
So if you're a database professional you really owe it to yourself to understand the basics of formal logic, and you really ought to be able to explain (and perhaps defend) the connections between formal logic and database management. And that's what this book is about. What it does is show, through a series of partly independent and partly interrelate essays, just how various crucial aspects of database technology-some of them very familiar, others maybe less so- are solidly grounded in formal logic. It is divided into five parts:
*Basic Logic
*Logic and Database Management
*Logic and Database Design
*Logic and Algebra
*Logic and the Third Manifesto
There's also a lengthy appendix, containing a collection of frequently asked questions (and some answers) on various aspects of logic and database management. Overall, my goal is to help you realize the importance of logic in everything you do, and also- I hope- to help you see that logic can be fun.

General

Imprint:	Trafford Publishing
Country of origin:	Canada
Release date:	June 2007
First published:	June 2007
Authors:	C.J. Date
Dimensions:	191 x 235 x 23mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	460
ISBN-13:	978-1-4251-2290-4
Categories:	Books > Computing & IT > Applications of computing > Artificial intelligence > General
LSN:	1-4251-2290-6
Barcode:	9781425122904

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