Abstract—Replication is a well-established approach to increasing database availability. Many database replication protocols have been proposed for the crash-stop failure model, ...
Abstract. We present in this paper a new model for representing probabilistic information in a semi-structured (XML) database, based on the use of probabilistic event variables. Th...
Abstract. We present a framework for updating logic programs under the answer-set semantics that builds on existing work on preferences in logic programming. The approach is simple...
Abstract. This work discusses the CROQUE approach to the maintenance problem for materialized views. In a CROQUE database, application-speci ed collections (type extents or classes...
Abstract: An object space algorithm for computing shadows in dynamic scenes illuminated by area light sources is presented. A mesh with the shadow boundaries as well as other disco...