Foundations of deductive databases and logic programming

Introduction, by J. Minker Part I - Negation and Stratified Databases Chapter 1 Negation in Logic Programming, by J.C. Shepherdson Chapter 2 Towards a Theory of Declarative Knowledge, by K.R. Apt, H.A. Blair, and A. Walker Chapter 3 Negation as Failure Using Tight Derivations for General Logic Programs, by A. Van Gelder Chapter 4 On the Declarative Semmantics of Logic Programs with Negation, by V. Lifschitz Chapter 5 On the Declarative Semantics of Deductive Databases and Logic Programs, by T.C. Przymusinski Chapter 6 On Domain Independent Databases, by R.W. Topor and E.A. Sonenberg Part II - Fundamental Issues in Deductive Databases and Implementation Chapter 7 Foundations of Semantic Query Optimization for Deductive Databases, by U.S. Chakravarthy, J. Grant, and J. Minker Chapter 8 Intelligent Query Answering in Rule Based Systems, by T. Imielinski Chapter 9 A Theorem-Proving Approach to Database Integrity, by F. Sadri and R. Kowalski Chapter 10 A Logic-based Language for Database Updates, by S. Manchanda and D.S. Warren Chapter 11 Compiling the GCWA in Indefinite Deductive Databases, by L. Henschen and H. Park Chapter 12 Performance Evaluation of Data Intensive Logic Programs, by F. Bancilhon and R. Ramakrishnan Chapter 13 A Superjoin Algorithm for Deductive Databases, by J.A. Thom, K. Ramamohanarao, and L. Naish Part III - Unification and Logic Programs Chapter 14 Logic Programming and Parallel Complexity, by P.C. Kanellakis Chapter 15 Unification Revisited, by J-L Lassez, M.J. Maher, and K. Marriott Chapter 16 Equivalences of Logic Programs, by M.J. Maher Chapter 17 Optimizing Datalog Programs, by Y. Sagiv Chapter 18 Converting AND-Control to OR-Control by Program Transformation, by M.H. van Emden and P. Szeredi Authors Referees Author Index Subject Index