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We present early results on the development of database query evaluation algorithms that have been inspired by search methods from the domain of constraint satisfaction. We define a mapping between these two specialties and discuss how the differences in problem domains have instigated new results.
It appears that contemporary problems in databases which lead to queries requiring many-way joins (such as active and deductive databases) will be the primary beneficiaries of this approach. Object-oriented queries and queries which are not intended to return all solutions also benefit. Some obvious CSP interpretations of certain semantic database properties suggest open research opportunities.
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Miranker, D.P., Bayardo, R.J., Samoladas, V. (1996). Query evaluation as constraint search; an overview of early results. In: Gaede, V., Brodsky, A., Günther, O., Srivastava, D., Vianu, V., Wallace, M. (eds) Constraint Databases and Applications. CDB 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1191. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-62501-1_24
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