Relational Algebras, Logic, And Functional Programming

Summary: Relational algebra ↔ functional language equivalence enables higher-order relations and recursive definitions. Higher-order data structures as recursive relations; enables DB tech within applicative languages; signals 5th-generation data management. (summarized by gpt-5-nano on Feb 09 2026)

Paper ID: 2259
Venue: SIGMOD
Year: 1984
Pagerank: 4.1945683e-05
Overall Rank: 13,038 | 9.30%
DOI: -

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1. Patrick A.V. Hall

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Rank	Cited Paper	Year	Venue	Pagerank
12	The Functional Data Model and the Data Language DAPLEX	1979	SIGMOD	0.0011248121
422	Non First Normal Form Relations To Represent Hierarchically Organized Data	1984	PODS	0.00023677809

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