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PODS
1999
ACM
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14 years 20 days ago
Processing and Optimization of Multiway Spatial Joins Using R-Trees
One of the most important types of query processing in spatial databases and geographic information systems is the spatial join, an operation that selects, from two relations, all...
Dimitris Papadias, Nikos Mamoulis, Yannis Theodori...
MTA
2006
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13 years 8 months ago
MBC-based shape retrieval: basics, optimizations, and open problems
Shape of an object is an important feature for image and multimedia similarity retrievals. In our previous studies we introduced a new boundary-based technique (MBC-based) for shap...
Maytham Safar, Cyrus Shahabi
ICDE
2007
IEEE
122views Database» more  ICDE 2007»
14 years 9 months ago
Load Distribution Fairness in P2P Data Management Systems
We address the issue of measuring storage, or query load distribution fairness in peer-to-peer data management systems. Existing metrics may look promising from the point of view ...
Theoni Pitoura, Peter Triantafillou
AAAI
2008
13 years 10 months ago
A Meta-Programming Technique for Debugging Answer-Set Programs
Answer-set programming (ASP) is widely recognised as a viable tool for declarative problem solving. However, there is currently a lack of tools for developing answer-set programs....
Martin Gebser, Jörg Pührer, Torsten Scha...
LREC
2008
125views Education» more  LREC 2008»
13 years 9 months ago
Similar Term Discovery using Web Search
We present an approach to the discovery of semantically similar terms that utilizes a web search engine as both a source for generating related terms and a tool for estimating the...
Peter G. Anick, Vijay Murthi, Shaji Sebastian