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A Dichotomy in the Complexity of Consistent Query Answering for Two Atom Queries With Self-Join

Databases 2024-05-27 v2

Abstract

We consider the dichotomy conjecture for consistent query answering under primary key constraints. It states that, for every fixed Boolean conjunctive query q, testing whether q is certain (i.e. whether it evaluates to true over all repairs of a given inconsistent database) is either polynomial time or coNP-complete. This conjecture has been verified for self-join-free and path queries. We show that it also holds for queries with two atoms.

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@article{arxiv.2309.12059,
  title  = {A Dichotomy in the Complexity of Consistent Query Answering for Two Atom Queries With Self-Join},
  author = {Anantha Padmanabha and Luc Segoufin and Cristina Sirangelo},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.12059},
  year   = {2024}
}
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