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dc.contributor.authorZhang, Si
dc.date.accessioned2011-03-08T19:25:45Z
dc.date.available2011-03-08T19:25:45Z
dc.date.issued2011-03-08
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10464/3191
dc.description.abstractRelation algebras and categories of relations in particular have proven to be extremely useful as a fundamental tool in mathematics and computer science. Since relation algebras are Boolean algebras with some well-behaved operations, every such algebra provides an atom structure, i.e., a relational structure on its set of atoms. In the case of complete and atomic structure (e.g. finite algebras), the original algebra can be recovered from its atom structure by using the complex algebra construction. This gives a representation of relation algebras as the complex algebra of a certain relational structure. This property is of particular interest because storing the atom structure requires less space than the entire algebra. In this thesis I want to introduce and implement three structures representing atom structures of integral heterogeneous relation algebras, i.e., categorical versions of relation algebras. The first structure will simply embed a homogeneous atom structure of a relation algebra into the heterogeneous context. The second structure is obtained by splitting all symmetric idempotent relations. This new algebra is in almost all cases an heterogeneous structure having more objects than the original one. Finally, I will define two different union operations to combine two algebras into a single one.en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherBrock Universityen_US
dc.subjectRelation algebrasen_US
dc.titleGenerating finite integral relation algebrasen_US
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertationen
dc.degree.nameM.Sc. Computer Scienceen_US
dc.degree.levelMastersen_US
dc.contributor.departmentDepartment of Computer Scienceen_US
dc.degree.disciplineFaculty of Mathematics and Scienceen_US
refterms.dateFOA2021-08-07T01:37:51Z


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