Instance-Level Integration in Federated Autonomous Databases

• Main Authors: PRABHAKAR, Satya, RICHARDSON, James, SRIVASTAVA, Jaideep, LIM, Ee Peng
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 1993
• Subjects: attribute value conflict resolution; entity identification; federated autonomous databases; generalized union filters; instance-level functional dependencies; instance-level integration; Databases and Information Systems
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/924; https://doi.org/10.1109/HICSS.1993.284285
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Two problems which are typically encountered in federated database design are discussed, i.e., entity identification and attribute value conflict resolution related to instance integration. Two approaches are proposed, the development of instance-level functional dependencies and generalized union f...