This paper presents a new generalized image block coding algorithm which covers fractal techniques, block transform techniques, and vector quantization as its special cases. The c...
To handle the overwhelming amount of information currently available, personalization systems allow users to specify the information that interests them through preferences. Most ...
A spatial preference query ranks objects based on the qualities of features in their spatial neighborhood. For example, consider a real estate agency office that holds a database ...
Man Lung Yiu, Xiangyuan Dai, Nikos Mamoulis, Micha...
Why might B-tree concurrency control still be interesting? For two reasons: (i) currently exploited "real world" approaches are complicated; (ii) simpler proposals are n...
An algebraic curve is defined as the zero set of a polynomial in two variables. Algebraic curves are practical for modeling shapes much more complicated than conics or su...
David B. Cooper, Jean-Philippe Tarel, Tolga Tasdiz...