Coping with Complexity in Automated Reasoning about Database Systems
Summary: Reports experience scaling Boyer–Moore-style automated reasoning for database systems via specification-based development over finite sets and tuples. Mechanically proves 200+ lemmas and transaction-safety theorems, distilling techniques for controlling proof complexity in integrity-constraint checking. (summarized by gpt-5.6-luna on Jul 24 2026)
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Authors
- 1. Tim Sheard (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
- 2. David Stemple (University of Massachusetts Amherst)
BibTeX Citation
@article{sheard_vldb85,
title = {{Coping with Complexity in Automated Reasoning about Database Systems}},
author = {Sheard, Tim and Stemple, David},
journal = {PVLDB},
series = {{VLDB} '85},
pages = {426},
year = {1985}
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| 4,923 | On the Modes and Meaning of Feedback to Transaction Designers | 1987 | SIGMOD | 6.4441344e-05 |
| 13,181 | Supporting Office Document Architectures with Constrained Types | 1987 | SIGMOD | 5.093636e-05 |
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| 247 | Some High-level Language Constructs for Data of Type Relation | 1977 | SIGMOD | 0.00023302214 |
| 3,133 | An Enhanced Inference Mechanism for Generating Relational Algebra Queries | 1984 | PODS | 7.7243588e-05 |
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