Deductive databases: achievements and future directions

  • Authors:
  • Jeffrey D. Ullman;Carlo Zaniolo

  • Affiliations:
  • Stanford University, Stanford, California;MCC, Austin, Texas

  • Venue:
  • ACM SIGMOD Record - Directions for future database research & development
  • Year:
  • 1990

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Abstract

In the recent years, Deductive Databases have been the focus of intense research, which has brought dramatic advances in theory, systems and applications. A salient feature of deductive databases is their capability of supporting a declarative, rule-based style of expressing queries and applications on databases. As such, they find applications in disparate areas, such as knowledge mining from databases, and computer-aided design and manufacturing systems.In this paper, we briefly review the key concepts behind deductive databases and their newly developed enabling technology. Then, we describe current research on extending the functionality and usability of deductive databases and on providing a synthesis of deductive databases with procedural and object-oriented approaches.