Interactive Relational Database Design: A Logic Programming Implementation

by Tapan P. Bagchi, Vinay K. Chaudhri

Overview

Relational databases have quickly come to be regarded as a natural and efficient way of organizing information. Duplicate data can be eliminated and powerful set-theoretic operations can be used to manipulate data. But finding the right relations for a database is not yet a trivial step for the uninitiated. This book presents a comprehensive logic programming implementation of the relational design methodology. It employs TURBO Prolog to test and establish computational viability of the relevant algorithms. It also presents the expert system prototype of a user interface, designed especially for builders of computerized databases who may have no formal training in database design.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783540518815
Publisher:	Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Publication date:	12/08/1989
Series:	Lecture Notes in Computer Science , #402
Edition description:	1989
Pages:	194
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.02(d)

Table of Contents

and problem statement.- Literature survey: The methods and models.- Overview of the relational model.- Relational database: Design methodologies.- The development of normal forms.- Prolog implementation of normalization of relations.- Conclusions and directions for further work.