Query processing for partial information databases in QUIXOTE

Author

Yokota, Kazumasa ; Tsuda, Hiroshi ; Nishioka, Toshihiro ; Tojo, Satoshi

Author_Institution

Inst. for New Generation Comput. Technol., Tokyo, Japan

fYear

1994

fDate

6-9 Nov 1994

Firstpage

359

Lastpage

365

Abstract

In advanced knowledge processing, partial information plays an important role in coping with complex data and knowledge. To handle such information, we developed the knowledge representation language (which may be regarded as a deductive object-oriented database language) QUIXOTE. The language has the features of both logic and object-orientation concepts, as well as database features. In this paper, we introduce the query processing mechanism for partial information databases in QUIXOTE, as a tool for effective data processing, taking the example of legal reasoning, and show its applicability to many applications in artificial intelligence

Keywords

deductive databases; knowledge representation; object-oriented languages; query languages; query processing; QUIXOTE; deductive object-oriented database language; knowledge processing; knowledge representation language; logic concepts; object-orientation concepts; partial information databases; query processing; Artificial intelligence; Data processing; Database languages; Knowledge representation; Law; Legal factors; Logic; Object oriented databases; Query processing; Spatial databases;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Tools with Artificial Intelligence, 1994. Proceedings., Sixth International Conference on

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA

Print_ISBN

0-8186-6785-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/TAI.1994.346469

Filename

346469