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This paper studies the problem of selecting rules to fire in real-time active databases in order to avoid missing action deadlines. We give an algorithm that executes at every fixed time interval (called the Rule Selection Period), and satisfies three properties, namely, the Completion Property, the Duration Property, and the Priority Property. We develop a probabilistic model, and an inexpensive (polynomial-time) algorithm for the satisfaction of the Completion Property. We show that the problem of satisfying the Duration and the Priority Properties at the same time is NP-Complete. We then give two heuristic-based algorithms, and briefly summarize the associated experimental results.
This research is supported by the National Science Foundation grants IRI 92-24660, IRI96-31214, and CDA95-29503.
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Kuo, HC., özsoyoğlu, G. (1998). Selecting actions to trigger in active database applications. In: Quirchmayr, G., Schweighofer, E., Bench-Capon, T.J. (eds) Database and Expert Systems Applications. DEXA 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1460. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0054468
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