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Relations with Relation Names as Arguments: Algebra and Calculus
Summary: Allow relation names as first-class arguments by extending relational algebra with relation‑access operators and a HiLog-based relational calculus to encode object‑oriented patterns. Prove algebra–calculus correspondences, show strictly greater expressiveness than RA on any DB, and argue practical implementability.
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- Paper ID
- 979
- Venue
- PODS
- Year
- 1992
- Pagerank
- 0.00010259891
- Overall Rank
- 1,871 | 86.99%
- DOI
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