Abstract. We present a categorical denotational semantics for a database mapping, based on views, in the most general framework of a database integration/exchange. Developed databa...
In the study of data exchange one usually assumes an openworld semantics, making it possible to extend instances of target schemas. An alternative closed-world semantics only move...
The quadratic form distance (QFD) has been utilized as an effective similarity function in multimedia retrieval, in particular, when a histogram representation of objects is used...
In this paper we describe SINERGY, which is a highly parallelizable, linear planning system that is based on the genetic programming paradigm. Rather than reasoning about the world...
We present an approach to video editing where movie sequences are treated as spatio-temporal volumes that can be sheered and warped under user control. This simple capability enab...