In this paper, we present a novel approach to contentsbased image retrieval. The method hinges in the use of quasi-random sampling to retrieve those images in a database which are...
In order to guarantee efficient query processing together with industrial strength, spatial index structures have to be integrated into fully-fledged object-relational database ma...
Hans-Peter Kriegel, Peter Kunath, Martin Pfeifle, ...
We present a connectionist architecture that supports almost instantaneous deductive and abductive reasoning. The deduction algorithm responds in few steps for single rule queries...
We study the problem of generating synthetic databases having declaratively specified characteristics. This problem is motivated by database system and application testing, data ...
In the rank join problem, we are given a set of relations and a scoring function, and the goal is to return the join results with the top K scores. It is often the case in practic...