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Author:   Peter M.D. Gray ,  Larry Kerschberg ,  Peter J.H. King ,  Alexandra Poulovassilis
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
Edition:   Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2004
Dimensions:   Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.795kg
ISBN:  

9783642055751

ISBN 10:   3642055753
Pages:   506
Publication Date:   30 November 2010
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1) Introduction to the use of functions in the management of data (Gray, King, Poulovassilis) Section I - Advances in information modelling using a functional approach: 2) A functional database language for the associative model of data (King) - 3) Scoped referential transparency in a functional database language with updates (Meredith, King) - 4) Functional approaches to constraint handling and state change (Embury, Gray) - 5) Representing matrices using multi-directional foreign functions (Osborn, Risch, Flodin) Section II - Advances in information integration and interoperability: 6) The Kleisli approach to data transformation and integration (Davidson, Wong - 7) An expressive functional data model and query language for bioinformatics data integration (Gray, Kemp) - 8) Optimization strategies for functional queries in a distributed environment (Kemp, Gray, Embury) - 9) Functional data integration in a distributed mediator system (Risch, Josifovski, Katchaounov) ) - 10) Applying functional languages in knowledge-based information integration systems (Peim, Paton, Franconi) Section III - Advances in analysis and optimisation using a functional approach: 11) Analysis of functional active DBs (Bailey, Poulovassilis) - 12) Monad comprehensions - a versatile representation for queries (Grust) - 13) Query processing and optimisation in Lambda-DB (Fegaras) - 14) A structural approach to query language design (Buneman, Tannen) Section IV - Looking forward to functional approaches for semi-structured data: 15) Functional approaches in internet-based applications (Kerschberg) - 16) A functional approach to XML-based dynamic negotiation in e-business (Yoon, Kerschberg) - 17) An FDM-based constraint language for semantic web applications (Preece, Hui, Gray) - 18) RQL: a functional query language for RDF (Karvounarakis, Christophides) - 19) Functional queries to wrapped educational semantic web meta-data (Risch)

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