New textbook "Introduction to Constraint Databases"

Just Published -- the first textbook on constraint databases

Introduction to Constraint Databases
Peter Revesz
Springer Verlag, New York, 2002
ISBN# 0-387-98729-0
407 pages

Constraint databases provide extra expressive power over relational databases in a largely hidden way. They keep the view of the database for a user or application programmer almost as simple as in relational databases. At the data-storage or physical level constraints, such as linear or polynomial equations, are used to represent infinite sets in a compact manner.

"Introduction to Constraint Databases" comprehensively covers both constraint-database theory and several sample systems. The book reveals how constraint databases bring together techniques from a variety of fields, such as logic and model theory, algebraic and computational geometry, and symbolic computation, to the design and analysis of data models and query languages. Constraint databases are shown to be powerful and simple tools for data modeling and querying in application areas -- such as environmental modeling, bioinformatics, and computer vision -- that are not suitable for relational databases. Specific applications are examined in geographic information systems, spatiotemporal data management, linear programming, genome databases, model checking of automata, and other areas.

Topics and features:

 o Offers a database perspective and a focus on simplicity at the user level  o Utilizes simple tools for determining whether queries are safe or not  o Incorporates scientist-supplied descriptions of applications  o Explains constraint databases from a developer's viewpoint  o Provides extensive exorcise sets, and sample software systems, that    facilitate rapid learning of the topic within a real-word software context

This new text/reference presents a comprehensive introduction to the theory and applications of constraint database systems, which provide new methods for the design of data models and query languages. It is an essential resource for advanced students, practitioners, and professionals in computer science, database systems, and information system.

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