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Logic and Databases: A Deductive Approach
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Volume 16 ,  Issue 2  (June 1984) table of contents
Pages: 153 - 185  
Year of Publication: 1984
ISSN:0360-0300
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Herve Gallaire  Compagnie Générale d'Électricité Laboratoire de Marcoussis, Marcoussis, France
Jack Minker  University of Maryland, Computer Science Department, College Park, Maryland
Jean-Marie Nicolas  ONERA-CERT, Département d'Informatique, Toulouse, France
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