Result: Transposing relations: From maybe functions to hash tables

Title:
Transposing relations: From maybe functions to hash tables
Source:
MPC 2004 : mathematics of program construction (Stirling, 12-14 July 2004)Lecture notes in computer science. :334-356
Publisher Information:
Berlin: Springer, 2004.
Publication Year:
2004
Physical Description:
print, 21 ref
Original Material:
INIST-CNRS
Document Type:
Conference Conference Paper
File Description:
text
Language:
English
Author Affiliations:
Dep. Informática, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4700-320 Braga, Portugal
ISSN:
0302-9743
Rights:
Copyright 2004 INIST-CNRS
CC BY 4.0
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Notes:
Computer science; theoretical automation; systems
Accession Number:
edscal.15993826
Database:
PASCAL Archive

Further Information

Functional transposition is a technique for converting relations into functions aimed at developing the relational algebra via the algebra of functions. This paper attempts to develop a basis for generic transposition. Two instances of this construction are considered, one applicable to any relation and the other applicable to simple relations only. Our illustration of the usefulness of the generic transpose takes advantage of the free theorem of a polymorphic function. We show how to derive laws of relational combinators as free theorems of their transposes. Finally, we relate the topic of functional transposition with the hashing technique for efficient data representation.