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Repair-based semantics have been extensively studied as a means of obtaining meaningful answers to queries posed over inconsistent knowledge bases (KBs). While several works have considered how to exploit a priority relation between facts…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2025-11-25 Meghyn Bienvenu , Camille Bourgaux , Katsumi Inoue , Robin Jean

We study consistent query answering via different graph representations. First, we introduce solution-conflict hypergraphs in which nodes represent facts and edges represent either conflicts or query solutions. Considering a monotonic query…

Databases · Computer Science 2024-12-12 Teemu Hankala , Miika Hannula , Yasir Mahmood , Arne Meier

In this article, we characterize in terms of analytic tableaux the repairs of inconsistent relational databases, that is databases that do not satisfy a given set of integrity constraints. For this purpose we provide closing and opening…

Databases · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Leopoldo Bertossi , Camilla Schwind

Inconsistent values are commonly encountered in real-world applications, which can negatively impact data analysis and decision-making. While existing research primarily focuses on identifying the smallest removal set to resolve…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-12-23 Haoda Li , Jiahui Chen , Yu Sun , Shaoxu Song , Haiwei Zhang , Xiaojie Yuan

We investigate practical algorithms for inconsistency-tolerant query answering over prioritized knowledge bases, which consist of a logical theory, a set of facts, and a priority relation between conflicting facts. We consider three…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2026-05-01 Meghyn Bienvenu , Camille Bourgaux

Datasets may include errors, and specifically violations of integrity constraints, for various reasons. Standard techniques for ``minimal-cost'' database repairing resolve these violations by aiming for minimum change in the data, and in…

Databases · Computer Science 2024-10-23 Yuxi Liu , Fangzhu Shen , Kushagra Ghosh , Amir Gilad , Benny Kimelfeld , Sudeepa Roy

Cluster repair methods aim to determine errors in clusters and modify them so that each cluster consists of records representing the same entity. Current cluster repair methodologies primarily assume duplicate-free data sources, where each…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-10 Victor Christen , Daniel Obraczka , Marvin Hofer , Martin Franke , Erhard Rahm

A correspondence between database tuples as causes for query answers in databases and tuple-based repairs of inconsistent databases with respect to denial constraints has already been established. In this work, answer-set programs that…

Databases · Computer Science 2020-09-30 Leopoldo Bertossi

Graph databases have become essential tools for managing complex and interconnected data, which is common in areas like social networks, bioinformatics, and recommendation systems. Unlike traditional relational databases, graph databases…

Databases · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Miguel E. Coimbra , Lucie Svitáková , Domagoj Vrgoč , Alexandre P. Francisco , Luís Veiga

A relational database is inconsistent if it does not satisfy a given set of integrity constraints. Nevertheless, it is likely that most of the data in it is consistent with the constraints. In this paper we apply logic programming based on…

Databases · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Marcelo Arenas , Leopoldo Bertossi , Jan Chomicki

Efficient consistency maintenance of incomplete and dynamic real-life databases is a quality label for further data analysis. In prior work, we tackled the generic problem of database updating in the presence of tuple generating constraints…

Databases · Computer Science 2024-05-16 Jacques Chabin , Mirian Halfeld Ferrari , Nicolas Hiot , Dominique Laurent

In this work we establish and investigate the connections between causality for query answers in databases, database repairs wrt. denial constraints, and consistency-based diagnosis. The first two are relatively new problems in databases,…

Databases · Computer Science 2014-07-01 Babak Salimi , Leopoldo Bertossi

Nowadays, graph databases are employed when relationships between entities are in the scope of database queries to avoid performance-critical join operations of relational databases. Graph queries are used to query and modify graphs stored…

Databases · Computer Science 2016-12-07 Thomas Beyhl , Holger Giese

In a data exchange setting with target constraints, it is often the case that a given source instance has no solutions. In such cases, the semantics of target queries trivialize. The aim of this paper is to introduce and explore a new…

Databases · Computer Science 2015-09-23 Balder ten Cate , Richard L. Halpert , Phokion G. Kolaitis

Preference restrictions have played a significant role in computational social choice. This paper studies a framework that connects preference restrictions with classical graph search paradigms. We model candidates as vertices of a graph…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-07 Guozhen Rong , Xin Li , Yongjie Yang

Consistent answers to a query from a possibly inconsistent database are answers that are simultaneously retrieved from every possible repair of the database. Repairs are consistent instances that minimally differ from the original…

Databases · Computer Science 2021-10-20 Leopoldo Bertossi

Graph databases in many applications---semantic web, transport or biological networks among others---are not only large, but also frequently modified. Evaluating graph queries in this dynamic context is a challenging task, as those queries…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2015-12-18 Pablo Muñoz , Nils Vortmeier , Thomas Zeume

We investigate the notion of sufficient explanation, and a sufficiency-degree as attribution score for database tuples in relation to query answering. We also investigate and exploit connections with database repairs as used for dealing…

Databases · Computer Science 2026-05-18 Leopoldo Bertossi , Nina Pardal

Where graphs are used for modelling and specifying systems, consistency is an important concern. To be a valid model of a system, the graph structure must satisfy a number of constraints. To date, consistency has primarily been viewed as a…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-11-02 Jens Kosiol , Daniel Strüber , Gabriele Taentzer , Steffen Zschaler

Dynamic relation repair aims to efficiently validate and repair the instances for knowledge graph enhancement (KGE), where KGE captures missing relations from unstructured data and leads to noisy facts to the knowledge graph. With the…

Databases · Computer Science 2022-02-22 Rui Kang , Hongzhi Wang