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ISCI
2007
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13 years 7 months ago
A performance comparison of distance-based query algorithms using R-trees in spatial databases
Efficient processing of distance-based queries (DBQs) is of great importance in spatial databases due to the wide area of applications that may address such queries. The most repr...
Antonio Corral, Jesús Manuel Almendros-Jim&...
ICDE
2010
IEEE
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14 years 7 months ago
Approximate Confidence Computation in Probabilistic Databases
Abstract-- This paper introduces a deterministic approximation algorithm with error guarantees for computing the probability of propositional formulas over discrete random variable...
Dan Olteanu, Jiewen Huang, Christoph Koch
HPDC
2010
IEEE
13 years 8 months ago
Distributing the power of OLAP
In this paper we present the Brown Dwarf, a distributed system designed to efficiently store, query and update multidimensional data over an unstructured Peer-to-Peer overlay, wit...
Katerina Doka, Dimitrios Tsoumakos, Nectarios Kozi...
WSC
2008
13 years 10 months ago
Speeding up call center simulation and optimization by Markov chain uniformization
Staffing and scheduling optimization in large multiskill call centers is time-consuming, mainly because it requires lengthy simulations to evaluate performance measures and their ...
Eric Buist, Wyean Chan, Pierre L'Ecuyer
CIKM
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Online anonymity for personalized web services
To receive personalized web services, the user has to provide personal information and preferences, in addition to the query itself, to the web service. However, detailed personal...
Yabo Xu, Ke Wang, Guoliang Yang, Ada Wai-Chee Fu