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<strong>Conjunctive</strong>Queryevaluation<br />

CQminimization<br />

THEOREM:BCQisNPComplete(combinedcomplexity)<br />

Proof:FollowsfromtheNPcompletenessofHOM<br />

Exercise: AsanalternativeproofofNPhardness,givea<br />

reductionfrom3SAT.<br />

COROLLARY: <strong>Conjunctive</strong>QueryContainmentisNPcomplete<br />

COROLLARY: <strong>Conjunctive</strong>QueryEquivalenceisNPcomplete<br />

•AconjunctivequeryQisminimal,ifitcontains<br />

minimalnumberofsubgoals –<br />

(subgoal=bodyatom)<br />

Thismeans:whenewerwedropanatom<br />

fromthebodyofQ,wegetaqueryQ’Q<br />

•ThetaskoftheCQminimization:minimizethe<br />

numberofsubgoals ofagivenCQ.<br />

Note:ThelatterproblemsareundecidableforFO 37<br />

38<br />

Cores<br />

Cores<br />

endomorphism h: {Y b}<br />

BCQ:<br />

Pp(X,Y), p(X,b), p(a,b), p(U,c), p(U,V), q(a,c,d)<br />

B= { p(X,Y), p(X,b), p(a,b), p(U,c), p(U,V), q(a,c,d)}<br />

{ p(X,Y), p(X,b), p(a,b), p(U,c), p(U,V), q(a,c,d) }<br />

Logical meaning<br />

X, Y, U, V:<br />

p(X,Y) & p(X,b) &<br />

p(a,b) & p(U,c) & p(U,V) & q(a,c,d)<br />

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