Antonio Badia

Quantifiers in Action

Generalized Quantification in Query, Logical and Natural Languages

• Gebundenes 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: 11873501, 978-0-387-09563-9
• 2009
• Seitenzahl: 172
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 241mm x 160mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 366g
• ISBN-13: 9780387095639
• ISBN-10: 0387095632
• Artikelnr.: 23811208

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.