The Finite Model Theory Toolbox of a Database Theoretician
Summary: Practical survey presenting a ready-to-use finite model theory toolbox for database theorists, emphasizing usable results (locality, preservation, definability, model-theoretic reductions) rather than proofs or combinatorial games. Equips DB researchers to apply these tools directly to expressiveness, query languages, and complexity/decidability questions. (summarized by gpt-5-mini on Feb 09 2026)
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| 774 | On the Complexity of Bounded-Variable Queries | 1995 | PODS | 0.00014160893 |
| 2,175 | Monadic Datalog and the Expressive Power of Languages for Web Information Extraction | 2002 | PODS | 9.0847701e-05 |
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