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Conjunctive Queries

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BCQ = HOM<br />

View query Q as a relational structure<br />

Universe: Variables of the query<br />

Relations: sets of query-atoms for<br />

each database relation.<br />

Non-Boolean CQs<br />

Q:r(x) r 1 (x 1 ) r 2 (x 2 )… r m (x m )<br />

The database D is itself a relational structure.<br />

By the definition of the semantics of FO queries, the<br />

Boolean conjunctive query evaluates to true iff there is a<br />

homomorphism h: QD.<br />

R1<br />

R1<br />

DatabaseD<br />

…..<br />

R1<br />

D=QiffHOM(Q,D)<br />

HowdoweformallydefineQ(D)<br />

Vive-versa, every HOM instance can be reformulated as a Boolean conjunctive query. 14<br />

Non-Boolean CQs<br />

head(Q)<br />

body(Q)<br />

r(x) r 1 (x 1 ) r 2 (x 2 )… r m (x m )<br />

h<br />

h homomorphismh h<br />

R1<br />

R1 ….. R1<br />

DatabaseD<br />

Problems Equivalent to BCQ<br />

• <strong>Conjunctive</strong> Query Containment<br />

Q<br />

( 1<br />

Q2<br />

db<br />

Q1 db)<br />

Q2<br />

( db)<br />

• Query of Tuple Problem<br />

t Q(db) <br />

• Constraint Satisfaction in AI<br />

CSP BCQ<br />

• Clause Subsumption in Theorem Proving<br />

Q(D)={h(head(Q))|h HOM(body(Q),D)}<br />

<br />

s.t.<br />

C<br />

D<br />

<br />

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