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JANCL
2006
123views more  JANCL 2006»
13 years 9 months ago
Approximate databases: a support tool for approximate reasoning
This paper describes an experimental platform for approximate knowledge databases called the Approximate Knowledge Database (AKDB), based on a semantics inspired by rough sets. The...
Patrick Doherty, Martin Magnusson, Andrzej Szalas
SIGMOD
2007
ACM
133views Database» more  SIGMOD 2007»
14 years 10 months ago
Making database systems usable
Database researchers have striven to improve the capability of a database in terms of both performance and functionality. We assert that the usability of a database is as importan...
H. V. Jagadish, Adriane Chapman, Aaron Elkiss, Mag...
VLDB
1997
ACM
165views Database» more  VLDB 1997»
14 years 1 months ago
DataGuides: Enabling Query Formulation and Optimization in Semistructured Databases
In semistructured databases there is no schema fixed in advance. To provide the benefits of a schema in such environments, we introduce DataGuides: concise and accurate structural...
Roy Goldman, Jennifer Widom
IV
2003
IEEE
99views Visualization» more  IV 2003»
14 years 3 months ago
Visual Representation of Database Queries using Structural Similarity
It is often useful to get high-level views of datasets in order to identify areas of interest worthy of further exploration. In relational databases, the high-level view can be de...
Dennis P. Groth
VDB
2000
135views Database» more  VDB 2000»
13 years 11 months ago
Query-By-Trace: Visual Predicate Specification in Spatio-Temporal Databases
In this paper we propose a visual interface for the specification of predicates to be used in queries on spatio-temporal databases. The approach is based on a visual specification ...
Martin Erwig, Markus Schneider