The problem of data cleaning, which consists of removing inconsistencies and errors from original data sets, is well known in the area of decision support systems and data warehou...
Helena Galhardas, Daniela Florescu, Dennis Shasha,...
We present SEMANDAQ, a prototype system for improving the quality of relational data. Based on the recently proposed conditional functional dependencies (CFDs), it detects and rep...
This chapter discusses an extended deductive database prototype system, Q-Data, developed by Bellcore to improve data quality through data validation and cleanup. The key technolo...
The cost savings and novel features associated with Voice over IP (VoIP) are driving its adoption by service providers. Such a transition however can successfully happen only if t...
Yair Amir, Claudiu Danilov, Stuart Goose, David He...
We report on one organization's experience making process changes in a suite of projects. The changes were motivated by clients’ requests for better time estimates, better ...