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Knowledge representation In Artificial IntelligenceRamla Sheikh
facts, information, and skills acquired through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject.
Knowledge = information + rules
EXAMPLE
Doctors, managers.
The document discusses ontology engineering and provides details about:
1. Ontology engineering is the process of developing ontologies for a particular domain by defining concepts, arranging them hierarchically, and defining their properties and relationships.
2. Ontology engineering is analogous to object-oriented database design but ontologies reflect the structure of the world using open world assumptions.
3. Popular ontology engineering tools include Protégé, which supports ontology development and knowledge modeling.
This document provides an overview and introduction to the course "Knowledge Representation & Reasoning" taught by Ms. Jawairya Bukhari. It discusses the aims of developing skills in knowledge representation and reasoning using different representation methods. It outlines prerequisites like artificial intelligence, logic, and programming. Key topics covered include symbolic and non-symbolic knowledge representation methods, types of knowledge, languages for knowledge representation like propositional logic, and what knowledge representation encompasses.
Query Processing : Query Processing Problem, Layers of Query Processing Query Processing in Centralized Systems – Parsing & Translation, Optimization, Code generation, Example Query Processing in Distributed Systems – Mapping global query to local, Optimization,
Search techniques in ai, Uninformed : namely Breadth First Search and Depth First Search, Informed Search strategies : A*, Best first Search and Constraint Satisfaction Problem: criptarithmatic
The document summarizes some of the key potential problems with distributed database management systems (DDBMS), including:
1) Distributed database design issues around how to partition and replicate the database across sites.
2) Distributed directory management challenges in maintaining consistency across global or local directories.
3) Distributed query processing difficulties in determining optimal strategies for executing queries across network locations.
4) Distributed concurrency control complications in synchronizing access to multiple copies of the database across sites while maintaining consistency.
A distributed database is a collection of logically interrelated databases distributed over a computer network. A distributed database management system (DDBMS) manages the distributed database and makes the distribution transparent to users. There are two main types of DDBMS - homogeneous and heterogeneous. Key characteristics of distributed databases include replication of fragments, shared logically related data across sites, and each site being controlled by a DBMS. Challenges include complex management, security, and increased storage requirements due to data replication.
Reasoning is the process of deriving logical conclusions from facts or premises. There are several types of reasoning including deductive, inductive, abductive, analogical, and formal reasoning. Reasoning is a core component of artificial intelligence as AI systems must be able to reason about what they know to solve problems and draw new inferences. Formal logic provides the foundation for building reasoning systems through symbolic representations and inference rules.
Knowledge representation In Artificial IntelligenceRamla Sheikh
facts, information, and skills acquired through experience or education; the theoretical or practical understanding of a subject.
Knowledge = information + rules
EXAMPLE
Doctors, managers.
The document discusses ontology engineering and provides details about:
1. Ontology engineering is the process of developing ontologies for a particular domain by defining concepts, arranging them hierarchically, and defining their properties and relationships.
2. Ontology engineering is analogous to object-oriented database design but ontologies reflect the structure of the world using open world assumptions.
3. Popular ontology engineering tools include Protégé, which supports ontology development and knowledge modeling.
This document provides an overview and introduction to the course "Knowledge Representation & Reasoning" taught by Ms. Jawairya Bukhari. It discusses the aims of developing skills in knowledge representation and reasoning using different representation methods. It outlines prerequisites like artificial intelligence, logic, and programming. Key topics covered include symbolic and non-symbolic knowledge representation methods, types of knowledge, languages for knowledge representation like propositional logic, and what knowledge representation encompasses.
Query Processing : Query Processing Problem, Layers of Query Processing Query Processing in Centralized Systems – Parsing & Translation, Optimization, Code generation, Example Query Processing in Distributed Systems – Mapping global query to local, Optimization,
Search techniques in ai, Uninformed : namely Breadth First Search and Depth First Search, Informed Search strategies : A*, Best first Search and Constraint Satisfaction Problem: criptarithmatic
The document summarizes some of the key potential problems with distributed database management systems (DDBMS), including:
1) Distributed database design issues around how to partition and replicate the database across sites.
2) Distributed directory management challenges in maintaining consistency across global or local directories.
3) Distributed query processing difficulties in determining optimal strategies for executing queries across network locations.
4) Distributed concurrency control complications in synchronizing access to multiple copies of the database across sites while maintaining consistency.
A distributed database is a collection of logically interrelated databases distributed over a computer network. A distributed database management system (DDBMS) manages the distributed database and makes the distribution transparent to users. There are two main types of DDBMS - homogeneous and heterogeneous. Key characteristics of distributed databases include replication of fragments, shared logically related data across sites, and each site being controlled by a DBMS. Challenges include complex management, security, and increased storage requirements due to data replication.
Reasoning is the process of deriving logical conclusions from facts or premises. There are several types of reasoning including deductive, inductive, abductive, analogical, and formal reasoning. Reasoning is a core component of artificial intelligence as AI systems must be able to reason about what they know to solve problems and draw new inferences. Formal logic provides the foundation for building reasoning systems through symbolic representations and inference rules.
This document discusses transaction processing and concurrency control in database systems. It defines a transaction as a unit of program execution that accesses and possibly modifies data. It describes the key properties of transactions as atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability. It discusses how concurrency control techniques like locking and two-phase locking protocols are used to ensure serializable execution of concurrent transactions.
The document discusses first-order logic (FOL) and its advantages over propositional logic for representing knowledge. It introduces the basic elements of FOL syntax, such as constants, predicates, functions, variables, and connectives. It provides examples of FOL expressions and discusses how objects and relations between objects can be represented. It also covers quantification in FOL using universal and existential quantifiers.
Iterative deepening search (IDS) is an algorithm that combines the completeness of breadth-first search with the memory efficiency of depth-first search. IDS performs an exhaustive depth-first search, increasing the depth limit by one each iteration, until the goal is found. IDS is guaranteed to find a solution if one exists, uses less memory than breadth-first search by limiting the depth of search at each iteration, and is more efficient than depth-first search which can get stuck in infinite loops.
The document discusses timestamp-based protocols for ensuring serializability in concurrent transactions. Each transaction is assigned a unique timestamp. Transactions are executed in timestamp order to prevent conflicts between read and write operations. For each data item, the protocol maintains a write-timestamp of the most recent write and a read-timestamp of the most recent read. Transactions with later timestamps cannot read or write values overwritten by earlier transactions. While this guarantees serializability, it can lead to cascading rollbacks if transactions abort.
Problem Characteristics in Artificial Intelligence,
Unit -2 Problem Solving and Searching Techniques
o choose an appropriate method for a particular problem first we need to categorize the problem based on the following characteristics.
Is the problem decomposable into small sub-problems which are easy to solve?
Can solution steps be ignored or undone?
Is the universe of the problem is predictable?
Is a good solution to the problem is absolute or relative?
Is the solution to the problem a state or a path?
What is the role of knowledge in solving a problem using artificial intelligence?
Does the task of solving a problem require human interaction?
1. Is the problem decomposable into small sub-problems which are easy to solve?
Can the problem be broken down into smaller problems to be solved independently?
See also Water Jug Problem in Artificial Intelligence
The decomposable problem can be solved easily.
Example: In this case, the problem is divided into smaller problems. The smaller problems are solved independently. Finally, the result is merged to get the final result.
Is the problem decomposable
2. Can solution steps be ignored or undone?
In the Theorem Proving problem, a lemma that has been proved can be ignored for the next steps.
Such problems are called Ignorable problems.
In the 8-Puzzle, Moves can be undone and backtracked.
Such problems are called Recoverable problems.
In Playing Chess, moves can be retracted.
Such problems are called Irrecoverable problems.
Ignorable problems can be solved using a simple control structure that never backtracks. Recoverable problems can be solved using backtracking. Irrecoverable problems can be solved by recoverable style methods via planning.
3. Is the universe of the problem is predictable?
In Playing Bridge, We cannot know exactly where all the cards are or what the other players will do on their turns.
Uncertain outcome!
For certain-outcome problems, planning can be used to generate a sequence of operators that is guaranteed to lead to a solution.
For uncertain-outcome problems, a sequence of generated operators can only have a good probability of leading to a solution. Plan revision is made as the plan is carried out and the necessary feedback is provided.
4. Is a good solution to the problem is absolute or relative?
The Travelling Salesman Problem, we have to try all paths to find the shortest one.
See also Generate and Test Heuristic Search - Artificial Intelligence
Any path problem can be solved using heuristics that suggest good paths to explore.
For best-path problems, a much more exhaustive search will be performed.
5. Is the solution to the problem a state or a path
The Water Jug Problem, the path that leads to the goal must be reported.
Performance analysis(Time & Space Complexity)swapnac12
The document discusses algorithms analysis and design. It covers time complexity and space complexity analysis using approaches like counting the number of basic operations like assignments, comparisons etc. and analyzing how they vary with the size of the input. Common complexities like constant, linear, quadratic and cubic are explained with examples. Frequency count method is presented to determine tight bounds of time and space complexity of algorithms.
This document discusses unsupervised machine learning classification through clustering. It defines clustering as the process of grouping similar items together, with high intra-cluster similarity and low inter-cluster similarity. The document outlines common clustering algorithms like K-means and hierarchical clustering, and describes how K-means works by assigning points to centroids and iteratively updating centroids. It also discusses applications of clustering in domains like marketing, astronomy, genomics and more.
This document discusses distributed database and distributed query processing. It covers topics like distributed database, query processing, distributed query processing methodology including query decomposition, data localization, and global query optimization. Query decomposition involves normalizing, analyzing, eliminating redundancy, and rewriting queries. Data localization applies data distribution to algebraic operations to determine involved fragments. Global query optimization finds the best global schedule to minimize costs and uses techniques like join ordering and semi joins. Local query optimization applies centralized optimization techniques to the best global execution schedule.
An Android application is composed of activities, services, and content providers. Activities display user interfaces and are launched by intents. The context provides access to application-wide resources and functionality. Activities have a lifecycle of states like resumed, paused, and stopped that are called back through methods to manage resources. Intents are used to transition between activities within an app or launch other apps' components.
This document outlines greedy algorithms, their characteristics, and examples of their use. Greedy algorithms make locally optimal choices at each step in the hopes of finding a global optimum. They are simple to implement and fast, but may not always reach the true optimal solution. Examples discussed include coin changing, traveling salesman, minimum spanning trees using Kruskal's and Prim's algorithms, and Huffman coding.
This document provides an introduction to compilers, including:
- What compilers are and their role in translating programs to machine code
- The main phases of compilation: lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, code generation, and optimization
- Key concepts like tokens, parsing, symbol tables, and intermediate representations
- Related software tools like preprocessors, assemblers, loaders, and linkers
The document discusses various steps and algorithms for processing database queries. It covers parsing and optimizing queries, estimating query costs, and algorithms for operations like selection, sorting, and joins. Selection algorithms include linear scans, binary searches, and using indexes. Sorting can use indexes or external merge sort. Join algorithms include nested loops, merge join, and hash join.
This Presentation is about NoSQL which means Not Only SQL. This presentation covers the aspects of using NoSQL for Big Data and the differences from RDBMS.
The document discusses different types of matching techniques including pattern matching, partial matching, and fuzzy matching. Pattern matching involves comparing two structures and testing for equality between corresponding parts. Partial matching is used when complete matching is inappropriate, such as when meaning is the same but terminology differs. Fuzzy matching allows for approximate string matching and is useful when data may be corrupted by noise.
Query Decomposition and data localization Hafiz faiz
This document discusses query processing in distributed databases. It describes query decomposition, which transforms a high-level query into an equivalent lower-level algebraic query. The main steps in query decomposition are normalization, analysis, redundancy elimination, and rewriting the query in relational algebra. Data localization then translates the algebraic query on global relations into a query on physical database fragments using fragmentation rules.
The document discusses various concurrency control techniques used in database management systems to ensure transaction isolation. It covers locking techniques like two-phase locking and timestamp ordering. Locking involves associating locks like read/write locks with data items. The two-phase locking protocol defines rules for acquiring and releasing locks in two distinct phases. Timestamp ordering assigns unique timestamps to transactions and ensures conflicting operations are executed based on timestamp order to guarantee serializability.
This document compares the performance of object databases and ORM tools for object persistence. It finds that object databases have easier setup and are faster for storing and retrieving complex objects. However, relational databases with ORM provide better configuration of domain models and easier reporting and data mining. Performance tests showed object databases were faster for create, store, traverse, and query operations while an ORM was slower, especially for queries.
The document discusses various problem solving techniques in artificial intelligence, including different types of problems, components of well-defined problems, measuring problem solving performance, and different search strategies. It describes single-state and multiple-state problems, and defines the key components of a problem including the data type, operators, goal test, and path cost. It also explains different search strategies such as breadth-first search, uniform cost search, depth-first search, depth-limited search, iterative deepening search, and bidirectional search.
This document provides an overview of different types of compilers. It discusses incremental compilers, cross compilers, load & go compilers, threaded code compilers, stage compilers, just-in-time (JIT) compilers, parallelizing compilers, one pass compilers, and multi pass compilers. For each type of compiler, it briefly describes what it is and how it works. The key information covered includes that incremental compilers only recompile modified source code, cross compilers produce target code for a different machine, JIT compilers compile bytecode to native machine code just before execution, and multi pass compilers perform multiple scans of the source code to complete compilation tasks.
This document discusses query processing in a database system. It covers parsing queries, optimization to choose the most efficient evaluation plan, and executing the plan. Query optimization aims to minimize costs like I/O by choosing plans with the lowest estimated execution time. The document describes different algorithms for operations like selection, sorting, joins, and expression evaluation, and how equivalence rules and heuristics can transform queries into more efficient forms.
This document provides an overview of query processing in database systems. It discusses the key stages of query processing which include parsing, validating, optimizing, and executing a query. Query optimization aims to choose the most efficient execution strategy by minimizing resource usage. The document provides examples to illustrate how different query processing strategies can impact the number of disk accesses required to execute a query. It also discusses dynamic versus static query optimization and the various phases involved in query decomposition such as analysis, normalization, semantic analysis, and simplification.
This document discusses transaction processing and concurrency control in database systems. It defines a transaction as a unit of program execution that accesses and possibly modifies data. It describes the key properties of transactions as atomicity, consistency, isolation, and durability. It discusses how concurrency control techniques like locking and two-phase locking protocols are used to ensure serializable execution of concurrent transactions.
The document discusses first-order logic (FOL) and its advantages over propositional logic for representing knowledge. It introduces the basic elements of FOL syntax, such as constants, predicates, functions, variables, and connectives. It provides examples of FOL expressions and discusses how objects and relations between objects can be represented. It also covers quantification in FOL using universal and existential quantifiers.
Iterative deepening search (IDS) is an algorithm that combines the completeness of breadth-first search with the memory efficiency of depth-first search. IDS performs an exhaustive depth-first search, increasing the depth limit by one each iteration, until the goal is found. IDS is guaranteed to find a solution if one exists, uses less memory than breadth-first search by limiting the depth of search at each iteration, and is more efficient than depth-first search which can get stuck in infinite loops.
The document discusses timestamp-based protocols for ensuring serializability in concurrent transactions. Each transaction is assigned a unique timestamp. Transactions are executed in timestamp order to prevent conflicts between read and write operations. For each data item, the protocol maintains a write-timestamp of the most recent write and a read-timestamp of the most recent read. Transactions with later timestamps cannot read or write values overwritten by earlier transactions. While this guarantees serializability, it can lead to cascading rollbacks if transactions abort.
Problem Characteristics in Artificial Intelligence,
Unit -2 Problem Solving and Searching Techniques
o choose an appropriate method for a particular problem first we need to categorize the problem based on the following characteristics.
Is the problem decomposable into small sub-problems which are easy to solve?
Can solution steps be ignored or undone?
Is the universe of the problem is predictable?
Is a good solution to the problem is absolute or relative?
Is the solution to the problem a state or a path?
What is the role of knowledge in solving a problem using artificial intelligence?
Does the task of solving a problem require human interaction?
1. Is the problem decomposable into small sub-problems which are easy to solve?
Can the problem be broken down into smaller problems to be solved independently?
See also Water Jug Problem in Artificial Intelligence
The decomposable problem can be solved easily.
Example: In this case, the problem is divided into smaller problems. The smaller problems are solved independently. Finally, the result is merged to get the final result.
Is the problem decomposable
2. Can solution steps be ignored or undone?
In the Theorem Proving problem, a lemma that has been proved can be ignored for the next steps.
Such problems are called Ignorable problems.
In the 8-Puzzle, Moves can be undone and backtracked.
Such problems are called Recoverable problems.
In Playing Chess, moves can be retracted.
Such problems are called Irrecoverable problems.
Ignorable problems can be solved using a simple control structure that never backtracks. Recoverable problems can be solved using backtracking. Irrecoverable problems can be solved by recoverable style methods via planning.
3. Is the universe of the problem is predictable?
In Playing Bridge, We cannot know exactly where all the cards are or what the other players will do on their turns.
Uncertain outcome!
For certain-outcome problems, planning can be used to generate a sequence of operators that is guaranteed to lead to a solution.
For uncertain-outcome problems, a sequence of generated operators can only have a good probability of leading to a solution. Plan revision is made as the plan is carried out and the necessary feedback is provided.
4. Is a good solution to the problem is absolute or relative?
The Travelling Salesman Problem, we have to try all paths to find the shortest one.
See also Generate and Test Heuristic Search - Artificial Intelligence
Any path problem can be solved using heuristics that suggest good paths to explore.
For best-path problems, a much more exhaustive search will be performed.
5. Is the solution to the problem a state or a path
The Water Jug Problem, the path that leads to the goal must be reported.
Performance analysis(Time & Space Complexity)swapnac12
The document discusses algorithms analysis and design. It covers time complexity and space complexity analysis using approaches like counting the number of basic operations like assignments, comparisons etc. and analyzing how they vary with the size of the input. Common complexities like constant, linear, quadratic and cubic are explained with examples. Frequency count method is presented to determine tight bounds of time and space complexity of algorithms.
This document discusses unsupervised machine learning classification through clustering. It defines clustering as the process of grouping similar items together, with high intra-cluster similarity and low inter-cluster similarity. The document outlines common clustering algorithms like K-means and hierarchical clustering, and describes how K-means works by assigning points to centroids and iteratively updating centroids. It also discusses applications of clustering in domains like marketing, astronomy, genomics and more.
This document discusses distributed database and distributed query processing. It covers topics like distributed database, query processing, distributed query processing methodology including query decomposition, data localization, and global query optimization. Query decomposition involves normalizing, analyzing, eliminating redundancy, and rewriting queries. Data localization applies data distribution to algebraic operations to determine involved fragments. Global query optimization finds the best global schedule to minimize costs and uses techniques like join ordering and semi joins. Local query optimization applies centralized optimization techniques to the best global execution schedule.
An Android application is composed of activities, services, and content providers. Activities display user interfaces and are launched by intents. The context provides access to application-wide resources and functionality. Activities have a lifecycle of states like resumed, paused, and stopped that are called back through methods to manage resources. Intents are used to transition between activities within an app or launch other apps' components.
This document outlines greedy algorithms, their characteristics, and examples of their use. Greedy algorithms make locally optimal choices at each step in the hopes of finding a global optimum. They are simple to implement and fast, but may not always reach the true optimal solution. Examples discussed include coin changing, traveling salesman, minimum spanning trees using Kruskal's and Prim's algorithms, and Huffman coding.
This document provides an introduction to compilers, including:
- What compilers are and their role in translating programs to machine code
- The main phases of compilation: lexical analysis, syntax analysis, semantic analysis, code generation, and optimization
- Key concepts like tokens, parsing, symbol tables, and intermediate representations
- Related software tools like preprocessors, assemblers, loaders, and linkers
The document discusses various steps and algorithms for processing database queries. It covers parsing and optimizing queries, estimating query costs, and algorithms for operations like selection, sorting, and joins. Selection algorithms include linear scans, binary searches, and using indexes. Sorting can use indexes or external merge sort. Join algorithms include nested loops, merge join, and hash join.
This Presentation is about NoSQL which means Not Only SQL. This presentation covers the aspects of using NoSQL for Big Data and the differences from RDBMS.
The document discusses different types of matching techniques including pattern matching, partial matching, and fuzzy matching. Pattern matching involves comparing two structures and testing for equality between corresponding parts. Partial matching is used when complete matching is inappropriate, such as when meaning is the same but terminology differs. Fuzzy matching allows for approximate string matching and is useful when data may be corrupted by noise.
Query Decomposition and data localization Hafiz faiz
This document discusses query processing in distributed databases. It describes query decomposition, which transforms a high-level query into an equivalent lower-level algebraic query. The main steps in query decomposition are normalization, analysis, redundancy elimination, and rewriting the query in relational algebra. Data localization then translates the algebraic query on global relations into a query on physical database fragments using fragmentation rules.
The document discusses various concurrency control techniques used in database management systems to ensure transaction isolation. It covers locking techniques like two-phase locking and timestamp ordering. Locking involves associating locks like read/write locks with data items. The two-phase locking protocol defines rules for acquiring and releasing locks in two distinct phases. Timestamp ordering assigns unique timestamps to transactions and ensures conflicting operations are executed based on timestamp order to guarantee serializability.
This document compares the performance of object databases and ORM tools for object persistence. It finds that object databases have easier setup and are faster for storing and retrieving complex objects. However, relational databases with ORM provide better configuration of domain models and easier reporting and data mining. Performance tests showed object databases were faster for create, store, traverse, and query operations while an ORM was slower, especially for queries.
The document discusses various problem solving techniques in artificial intelligence, including different types of problems, components of well-defined problems, measuring problem solving performance, and different search strategies. It describes single-state and multiple-state problems, and defines the key components of a problem including the data type, operators, goal test, and path cost. It also explains different search strategies such as breadth-first search, uniform cost search, depth-first search, depth-limited search, iterative deepening search, and bidirectional search.
This document provides an overview of different types of compilers. It discusses incremental compilers, cross compilers, load & go compilers, threaded code compilers, stage compilers, just-in-time (JIT) compilers, parallelizing compilers, one pass compilers, and multi pass compilers. For each type of compiler, it briefly describes what it is and how it works. The key information covered includes that incremental compilers only recompile modified source code, cross compilers produce target code for a different machine, JIT compilers compile bytecode to native machine code just before execution, and multi pass compilers perform multiple scans of the source code to complete compilation tasks.
This document discusses query processing in a database system. It covers parsing queries, optimization to choose the most efficient evaluation plan, and executing the plan. Query optimization aims to minimize costs like I/O by choosing plans with the lowest estimated execution time. The document describes different algorithms for operations like selection, sorting, joins, and expression evaluation, and how equivalence rules and heuristics can transform queries into more efficient forms.
This document provides an overview of query processing in database systems. It discusses the key stages of query processing which include parsing, validating, optimizing, and executing a query. Query optimization aims to choose the most efficient execution strategy by minimizing resource usage. The document provides examples to illustrate how different query processing strategies can impact the number of disk accesses required to execute a query. It also discusses dynamic versus static query optimization and the various phases involved in query decomposition such as analysis, normalization, semantic analysis, and simplification.
The document discusses query optimization in databases. It explains that the goal of query optimization is to determine the most efficient execution plan for a query to minimize the time needed. It outlines the typical steps in query optimization, including parsing/translation, applying relational algebra, and optimizing the query plan. It also discusses techniques like generating alternative execution plans using equivalence rules, estimating plan costs based on statistical data, and using heuristics or dynamic programming to choose the optimal plan.
• Process for heuristics optimization
1. The parser of a high-level query generates an initial internal representation;
2. Apply heuristics rules to optimize the internal representation.
3. A query execution plan is generated to execute groups of operations based on the access paths available on the files involved in the query.
The document presents an optimization algorithm called System Rank Ordering Heuristic (System RO-H) for queries with conjunction of predicates. System RO-H extends the traditional System R optimization algorithm by:
1. Using a heuristic called h-metric to order predicates for joining relations.
2. The h-metric orders predicates in ascending order based on either the predicate's rank or a ratio of selectivity and cost per tuple, whichever is lower.
3. By ordering predicates based on h-metric, System RO-H finds optimal plans in both left-deep and bushy join trees in polynomial time relative to the number of predicates.
This document discusses various database query processing techniques including parsing and translation, optimization, and evaluation. It describes common operations like selection, sorting, joins, and expression evaluation. For each operation, it outlines different algorithms for implementing the operation, and factors like data size, indexing, and costs that go into choosing the most efficient algorithm. The goal of optimization is to find the lowest cost query evaluation plan by choosing the best algorithm for each operation.
This document proposes and evaluates a new metaheuristic optimization algorithm called Current Search (CS) and applies it to optimize PID controller parameters for DC motor speed control. The CS is inspired by electric current flow and aims to balance exploration and exploitation. It outperforms genetic algorithm, particle swarm optimization, and adaptive tabu search on benchmark optimization problems, finding better solutions faster. When applied to optimize a PID controller for DC motor speed control, the CS successfully controlled motor speed.
Implementation of query optimization for reducing run timeAlexander Decker
This document discusses query optimization techniques to improve performance. It proposes performing query optimization at compile-time using histograms of data statistics rather than at run-time. Histograms are used to estimate selectivity of query joins and predicates at compile-time, allowing a query plan to be constructed in advance and executed without run-time optimization. The technique uses a split and merge algorithm to incrementally maintain histograms as data changes. Selectivity estimation with histograms allows join and predicate ordering to be determined at compile-time for query plan generation. Experimental results showed this compile-time optimization approach improved runtime performance over traditional run-time optimization.
Sedna XML Database: Query Parser & Optimizing RewriterIvan Shcheklein
The document discusses Sedna, an XML query parser and optimizer. It describes:
1) The goals of supporting a wide range of queries while achieving high performance.
2) The query processing steps of parsing, analysis, optimization, and physical plan generation.
3) The optimizing rewriter removes unnecessary operations through rewriting rules like combining // steps or removing duplicate nodes.
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Relational algebra is the formal system used to manipulate data in a relational database. It consists of operators like select, project, join, union, and difference that are applied to relations to retrieve or modify data. Relational calculus provides an alternative, non-procedural way to query databases using logic and variables. Both are based on relational and algebraic concepts and underpin the functionality of relational databases and SQL.
Phases of distributed query processingNevil Dsouza
The document discusses phases of distributed query processing. The objectives are to convert SQL queries to relational algebra, minimize costs by executing queries efficiently across distributed databases, and simplify queries. Analysis involves lexical, syntactic and semantic analysis to verify relations and attributes. Simplification detects redundant predicates. Query restructuring rewrites queries as relational algebra expressions and applies transformation rules. Fragmentation forms queries for fragmented relations and reduction techniques optimize queries based on the fragmentation type.
This document discusses key concepts in distributed database systems including relational algebra operators, Cartesian products, joins, theta joins, equi-joins, semi-joins, horizontal fragmentation, derived horizontal fragmentation, and ensuring correctness through completeness, reconstruction, and disjointness of fragmentations. Horizontal fragmentations can be primary, defined directly on a relation, or derived, defined on a relation based on the fragmentation of another related relation it joins with. Ensuring correctness of fragmentations involves checking they are complete, the global relation can be reconstructed from fragments, and fragments are disjoint.
Extracts objects from the entire collection, without modifying the objects themselves. where the goal is to select whole sentences (without modifying them)
This document discusses the relational model and relational database concepts. It covers domains and relations, relational keys like primary keys, candidate keys, foreign keys and their rules. It also discusses relational operators, relational algebra, relational calculus, and the SQL language. Key types like alternate keys, candidate keys, compound keys, primary keys, superkeys, and foreign keys are defined. Relational algebra operations like selection, projection, renaming, union, intersection, difference, cartesian product, and join are explained. Tuple relational calculus and domain relational calculus are introduced. Examples of queries using relational algebra and calculus are provided. Components of SQL like DDL, DML, DCL are listed
This document discusses relational algebra operations used in relational databases. It describes the primary operations of relational algebra which include select, project, union, set difference, cartesian product, and rename. It provides the notation and examples for each operation. The select operation retrieves tuples from a relation based on a condition. The project operation extracts specific attribute values from a relation. The union operation combines the tuples from two relations while eliminating duplicates.
Description of everything necessary for startupShefa Idrees
This doc comprises all important points that you must focus to elevate your fyp or startup. Like about project reports, proposals, leaflets, handbooks, brochures, thesis an much more. I recommend all the entrepreneurs to follow this doc in order to turn their small business into a vast one.
I am busy in exams :p. Can't write much description to be very honest. Anyways if you have any query regarding any slide, you can freely ask. Thank You
Paragraph Types and Ways to Write ThemShefa Idrees
This document discusses different types of paragraphs and how to write them. It describes four main types: narrative, descriptive, expository, and persuasive. For each type, it provides examples and tips. Narrative paragraphs tell a story, descriptive paragraphs allow the reader to visualize what is being described, expository paragraphs provide information in a logical sequence, and persuasive paragraphs aim to change the reader's viewpoint. The document offers guidance on writing techniques for each paragraph type such as using strong verbs and adjectives or providing evidence to support claims.
This presentation gives a complete idea of what a cover idea is.
Before you go through this presentation, keep it in mind that many people don't consider it important but it is as important as an index of a book.
Index highlights topics of the book where cover letter highlights acheivemens and skills of applicant
Pakistan Foreign Policy...Its objectives and PrinciplesShefa Idrees
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2. Query Trees
• A query tree is a tree structure that corresponds to a relational algebra expression such that:
Each leaf node represents an input relation.
Each internal node represents a relation obtained by applying one relational operator to
its child nodes.
The root relation represents the answer to the query.
• It specifies what operations to apply, and the order to apply them, but not how to actually
implement the operations.
• A logical query tree does not select a particular algorithm to implement each relational
operator.
• Two query trees are equivalent if their root relations are the same (query result).
• A query tree may have different execution plans.
• Some query trees and plans are more efficient to execute than others.
Representation
• Query tree is a representation of a select statement.
Canonical form of select.
• Order of operation in canonical rep.:
Project
Select
Join
The Parser
The role of the parser is to convert an SQL statement represented as a string of characters
into a parse tree.
A parse tree consists of nodes, and each node is either an:
Atom - lexical elements such as words (WHERE), attribute or relation names, constants,
operator symbols, etc.
Syntactic category - are names for query subparts.
E.g. <SFW> represents a query in select-from-where form.
Nodes that are atoms have no children. Nodes that correspond to categories have children
based on one of the rules of the grammar for the language.
3. General Example:
Parse Trees to Logical Query Trees
Converting Simplest Parse Trees to Logical Query Trees
The simplest parse tree to convert is one where there is only one select-from-where (<SFW>)
construct, and the <Condition> construct has no nested queries.
The logical query tree produced consists of:
The cross-product (×) of all relations mentioned in the <FromList> which are inputs to:
A selection operator, σC, where C is the <Condition> expression in the construct being
replaced which is the input to:
A projection, πL, where L is the list of attributes in the <SelList>
5. Converting Nested Parse Trees to Logical Query Trees
Converting a parse tree that contains a nested query is slightly more challenging. A nested query
may be correlated with the outside query if it must be re-computed for every tuple produced by
the outside query. Otherwise, it is uncorrelated, and the nested query can be converted to a non-
nested query using joins.
The nested subquery translation algorithm involves defining a tree from root to leaves as
follows:
Root node is a projection, πL, where L is the list of attributes in the <SelList> of the outer
query.
Child of root is a selection operator, σC, where C is the <Condition> expression in the
outer query ignoring the subquery.
The two-operand selection operator σ with left-child as the cross-product (×) of all relations
mentioned in the <FromList> of the outer query, and right child as the <Condition>
expression for the subquery.
The subquery itself involved in the <Condition> expression is translated to relational
algebra.
Example 3:
6. Uncorrelated
Now, we must remove the two-operand selection and replace it by relational algebra
operators.
Rule for replacing two-operand selection (uncorrelated):
Let R be the first operand, and the second operand is a <Condition> of the form t IN S. (S
is uncorrelated subquery.)
Replace <Condition> by the tree that is expression for S.
May require applying duplicate elimination if expression has duplicates.
Replace two-operand selection by one-argument selection, σC, where C is the condition
that equates each component of the tuple t to the corresponding attribute of relation S.
Give σC an argument that is the product of R and S.
7. So, example 3 becomes:
Correlated
Translating correlated subqueries is more difficult because the result of the subquery depends on
a value defined outside the query itself.
In general, correlated subqueries may require the subquery to be evaluated for each tuple of the
outside relation as an attribute of each tuple is used as the parameter for the subquery.
We will not study translation of correlated subqueries.
Distributed Query Optimization
Dynamic Approach
• The dynamic approach can be illustrated with the algorithm of Distributed INGRES.
• The objective function of the algorithm is to minimize a combination of both the
communication time and the response time.
• However, these two objectives may be conflicting. For instance, increasing communication
time (by means of parallelism) may well decrease response time.
• This query optimization algorithm ignores the cost of transmitting the data to the result
site.
8. • The algorithm also takes advantage of fragmentation, but only horizontal fragmentation is
handled for simplicity.
• Since both general and broadcast networks are considered, the optimizer takes into account
the network topology.
• In broadcast networks, the same data unit can be transmitted from one site to all the other
sites in a single transfer, and the algorithm explicitly takes advantage of this capability. For
example, broadcasting is used to replicate fragments and then to maximize the degree of
parallelism.
Static Approach
• Static approach can be illustrated with the algorithm of R*.
• This algorithm performs an exhaustive search of all alternative strategies in order to choose
the one with the least cost.
• Although predicting and enumerating these strategies may be costly, the overhead of
exhaustive search is rapidly amortized if the query is executed frequently.
• Two methods are supported for inter-site data transfers.
o Ship-whole. The entire relation is shipped to the join site and stored in a temporary
relation before being joined. If the join algorithm is merge join, the relation does
not need to be stored, and the join site can process incoming tuples in a pipeline
mode, as they arrive.
o Fetch-as-needed. The external relation is sequentially scanned, and for each tuple
the join value is sent to the site of the internal relation, which selects the internal
tuples matching the value and sends the selected tuples to the site of the external
relation. This method is equivalent to the semijoin of the internal relation with each
external tuple.
Semijoin-based Approach
• The semijoin-based approach can be illustrated with the algorithm of SDD-1 which takes
full advantage of the semijoin to minimize communication cost.
Hybrid Approach
• The hybrid query optimization technique using dynamic QEPs is general enough to
incorporate site and copy selection decisions.
9. • Several hybrid techniques have been proposed to optimize queries in distributed systems.
• They essentially rely on the following two-step approach:
o At compile time, generate a static plan that specifies the ordering of operations and
the access methods, without considering where relations are stored.
o At startup time, generate an execution plan by carrying out site and copy selection
and allocating the operations to the sites.
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