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Vassar Scholarship, the institutional repository formerly known as Digital Window, reflects the research and scholarly output of the Vassar College community.  It provides access to a variety of collections, including senior theses and projects across a wide range of disciplines.

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Armstrong's Axioms and Navigation Strategies

Publication Date
2018-February-02
Document Type
conference
Authors
Deuser, Kaya
Naumov, Pavel
Department or Program
Computer Science Department
Document Type
Conference
Abstract

The paper investigates navigability with imperfect information. It shows that the properties of navigability with perfect recall are exactly those captured by Armstrong's axioms from database theory. If the assumption of perfect recall is omitted, then Armstrong's transitivity axiom is...

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Unlanded Souls: Discussions Black Landownership Coming Out of the Port Royal Experiment

Publication Date
2014-January-01
Document Type
Senior Capstone Projects
Authors
Caroline Stanton
Department or Program
American Culture Program
Document Type
Senior Capstone Project
Access Level
Archive Only
Abstract

During the Civil War the Port Royal Experiment – part government-funded enterprise in free slave labor, part abolitionist-fueled social experiment – provided the former slaves of the South Carolina Sea Islands with their first experiences of paid labor while learning...

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