Abstract The top-k dominating query returns k data objects which dominate the highest number of objects in a dataset. This query is an important tool for decision support since it ...
Given a dataset containing sensitive personal information, a statistical database answers aggregate queries in a manner that preserves individual privacy. We consider the problem ...
Abstract-- Answering approximate queries on string collections is important in applications such as data cleaning, query relaxation, and spell checking, where inconsistencies and e...
Abstract. Research in Cooperative Query answering is triggered by the observation that users are often not able to correctly formulate queries to databases that return the intended...
ing with shared data abstractions Simon Dobson1 and Don Goodeve2 1 Well-Founded Systems Unit, CLRC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK 2 School of Computer Studies, University of Le...