It is challenging to process transactions in a timely fashion using fresh data, e.g., current stock prices, since database workloads may considerably vary due to dynamic data/reso...
Abstract--The Internet provides a universal platform for largescale distribution of information and supports inter-organizational services, system integration, and collaboration. U...
James B. D. Joshi, Zhaohui Kevin Li, Husni Fahmi, ...
An important means of allowing non-expert end-users to pose ad hoc queries — whether over single databases or data integration systems — is through keyword search. Given a set...
This paper describes the overall architecture and design aspects of a hybrid relational and XML database system called System RX. We believe that such a system is fundamental in t...
Kevin S. Beyer, Roberta Cochrane, Vanja Josifovski...
We study the problem of generating synthetic databases having declaratively specified characteristics. This problem is motivated by database system and application testing, data ...