Many scientific, financial, data mining and sensor network applications need to work with continuous, rather than discrete data e.g., temperature as a function of location, or sto...
Software systems in health care, such as disease and medical-record management, or financial applications, such as customer relationship and portfolio management, have very often...
Location-based spatial queries (LBSQs) refer to spatial queries whose answers rely on the location of the inquirer. Efficient processing of LBSQs is of critical importance with th...
Abstract. Controlled Query Evaluation (CQE) offers a logical framework to prevent a user of a database from inadvertently gaining knowledge he is not allowed to know. By modeling t...
This paper argues that next generation database management systems should incorporate a predictive model management component to effectively support both inward-facing application...