How-To queries answer fundamental data analysis questions of the form: “How should the input change in order to achieve the desired output”. As a Reverse Data Management probl...
We extend Fagin’s result on the equivalence between functional dependencies in relational databases and propositional Horn clauses. It is shown that this equivalence still holds...
The need to transform data between heterogeneous databases arises from a number of critical tasks in data management. These tasks are complicated by schema evolution in the underl...
We present a logic programming based dialogue system that enables the access in natural language to the heterogeneous external relational databases of the Évora University. The p...
Salvador Abreu, Paulo Quaresma, Luis Quintano, Ire...
— We study the following problem: A data distributor has given sensitive data to a set of supposedly trusted agents (third parties). Some of the data is leaked and found in an un...