Positivism vs. Minimalism in Deductive Databases (Extended Abstract)
Summary: Analyzes three CWA formalizations for disjunctive information; proves Bossu & Siegel's “minimalism” equals a Reiter default-logic encoding and neither subsumes Clark's negation-as-failure. Proposes “positivism” as a semantic synthesis and contrasts positivism vs minimalism in static and dynamic expressiveness, revealing distinct non‑monotonic behaviors. (summarized by gpt-5-mini on Feb 09 2026)
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- 1. Nicole Bidoit
- 2. Richard Hull
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| Rank | Citing Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
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| 3,852 | Negation and Minimality in Non-Horn Databases | 1993 | PODS | 6.7017663e-05 |
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| Rank | Cited Paper | Year | Venue | Pagerank |
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| 2,185 | On the Equivalence of Logical Databases | 1984 | PODS | 9.3382191e-05 |
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