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Measuring and Computing Database Inconsistency via Repairs

Databases 2018-07-16 v3 Artificial Intelligence Logic in Computer Science

Abstract

We propose a generic numerical measure of inconsistency of a database with respect to a set of integrity constraints. It is based on an abstract repair semantics. A particular inconsistency measure associated to cardinality-repairs is investigated; and we show that it can be computed via answer-set programs. Keywords: Integrity constraints in databases, inconsistent databases, database repairs, inconsistency measure.

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1804.08834,
  title  = {Measuring and Computing Database Inconsistency via Repairs},
  author = {Leopoldo Bertossi},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1804.08834},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

Submission as short paper; to appear in Proc. Scalable Uncertainty Management, SUM 2018. Abstract and keywords added

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