Re: object algebra
Date: 26 Feb 2004 17:45:32 -0800
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> That page says nothing about the problem or the domain.
> At best, it seems like some sort of thought-sketchpad.
"This example represents things in a command hierarchy and generates a report indicating the closest common commander between all possible pairs. For example, john and mary obey the army. Army is their closest common commander. The first figure shows the various types of things and their instances. The second figure shows the command hierarchy starting with god."
> have you come across a use for this in real business problems?
A related problem was a SQL-Server based system that forcasted the utility requirements for Intel's semiconductor production facilities based on various types of equipment throughout their plant fed by a networks of pipes and conduits (hierarchies with different kinds of things). Received on Fri Feb 27 2004 - 02:45:32 CET