Query optimization is an integral part of relational database management systems. One important task in query optimization is selectivity estimation, that is, given a query P, we ...
Searchers can face problems finding the information they seek. One reason for this is that they may have difficulty devising queries to express their information needs. In this ar...
In this paper, we address the problem of database selection for XML document collections, that is, given a set of collections and a user query, how to rank the collections based o...
— Many novel spatio-temporal applications deal with moving objects. In such environments, a database typically maintains the initial position and the moving function for each obj...
Marios Hadjieleftheriou, George Kollios, Vassilis ...
Abstract—Search context is a crucial factor that helps to understand a user’s information need in ad-hoc Web page retrieval. A query log of a search engine contains rich inform...