Sufficient Explanations in Databases and their Connections to Database Repairs

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Autores principales: Bertossi, Leopoldo, Pardal, Nina
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author Bertossi, Leopoldo
Pardal, Nina
author_facet Bertossi, Leopoldo
Pardal, Nina
contents We investigate the notion of sufficient explanation, and a sufficiency-degree as attribution score for database tuples in relation to query answering. We also investigate and exploit connections with database repairs as used for dealing with inconsistent databases; and with causality-based necessary explanations, obtaining new computational results. We show how to use answer-set programs to specify sufficient explanations and compute sufficiency-degrees.
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spellingShingle Sufficient Explanations in Databases and their Connections to Database Repairs
Bertossi, Leopoldo
Pardal, Nina
Databases
Artificial Intelligence
Logic in Computer Science
68P15
We investigate the notion of sufficient explanation, and a sufficiency-degree as attribution score for database tuples in relation to query answering. We also investigate and exploit connections with database repairs as used for dealing with inconsistent databases; and with causality-based necessary explanations, obtaining new computational results. We show how to use answer-set programs to specify sufficient explanations and compute sufficiency-degrees.
title Sufficient Explanations in Databases and their Connections to Database Repairs
topic Databases
Artificial Intelligence
Logic in Computer Science
68P15
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.15623