There is currently considerable enthusiasm around the MapReduce (MR) paradigm for large-scale data analysis [17]. Although the basic control flow of this framework has existed in ...
Andrew Pavlo, Erik Paulson, Alexander Rasin, Danie...
Background: Microarray experimentation requires the application of complex analysis methods as well as the use of non-trivial computer technologies to manage the resultant large d...
Geraint Barton, J. C. Abbott, Norie Chiba, D. W. H...
In a number of application areas, distributed database systems can be used to provide persistent storage of data while providing efficient access for both local and remote data. W...
Background: SRS (Sequence Retrieval System) has proven to be a valuable platform for storing, linking, and querying biological databases. Due to the availability of a broad range ...
Antoine Veldhoven, Don de Lange, Marcel Smid, Vict...
: Managing image data in a database system using metadata has been practiced since the last two decades. However, describing an image fully and adequately with metadata is practica...