Update Semantics for Incomplete Databases.

@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/vldb/AbiteboulG85,
  author    = {Serge Abiteboul and
               G{\"o}sta Grahne},
  editor    = {Alain Pirotte and
               Yannis Vassiliou},
  title     = {Update Semantics for Incomplete Databases},
  booktitle = {VLDB'85, Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Very
               Large Data Bases, August 21-23, 1985, Stockholm, Sweden},
  publisher = {Morgan Kaufmann},
  year      = {1985},
  pages     = {1-12},
  ee        = {db/conf/vldb/AbiteboulG85.html},
  crossref  = {DBLP:conf/vldb/85},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}

Abstract

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