We study the problem of applying adaptive filters for approximate query processing in a distributed stream environment. We propose filter bound assignment protocols with the obj...
Reynold Cheng, Ben Kao, Sunil Prabhakar, Alan Kwan...
Top-k queries are widely applied for retrieving a ranked set of the k most interesting objects based on the individual user preferences. As an example, in online marketplaces, cus...
Empowering users to access databases using simple keywords can relieve the users from the steep learning curve of mastering a structured query language and understanding complex a...
In case-based reasoning (CBR) approaches to product recommendation, descriptions of the available products are stored in a case library and retrieved in response to a query represe...
Our objective is to improve the performance of keyword based image search engines by re-ranking their baseline results. To this end, we address three limitations of existing searc...