Similarity queries in traditional databases work directly on attribute values. But, often similar attribute values do not indicate similar meanings. Semantic background information...
Preference queries are relational algebra or SQL queries that contain occurrences of the winnow operator (find the most preferred tuples in a given relation). Such queries are pa...
We consider the problem of query plan optimization in information brokers. Information brokers are programs that facilitate access to collections of information sources by hiding ...
Abstract. We present a general discussion of what constitutes a marketoriented approach to optimization. We demonstrate how a general framework can be used to conceptually improve ...
For a static array A of n totally ordered objects, a range minimum query asks for the position of the minimum between two specified array indices. We show how to preprocess A into...