TY - BOOK AU - Majkic,Zoran TI - Big data integration theory: theory and methods of database mappings, programming languages, and semantics T2 - Texts in computer science SN - 9783319041551 U1 - 005.74 23 PY - 2014/// CY - Cham : PB - Springer, KW - Data integration (Computer science) KW - Big data KW - Database management N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction and Technical Preliminaries -- 2. Composition of Schema Mappings: Syntax and Semantics -- 3. Definition of DB Category -- 4. Functorial Semantics for Database Schema Mappings -- 5. Extensions of Relational Codd's Algebra and DB Category -- 6. Categorial RDB Machines -- 7. Operational Semantics for Database Mappings -- 8. The Properties of DB Category -- 9. Weak Monoidal DB Topos-- Index N2 - This book presents a novel approach to database concepts, describing a categorical logic for database schema mapping based on views, within a framework for database integration and exchange and peer-to-peer computing. Includes practical examples. ER -