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SIGCSE
1997
ACM
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14 years 1 months ago
Teaching with object oriented libraries
This paper describes a new course centered around the use of large object-oriented libraries and the distinct skills required to use them effectively. The paper describes the need...
Nick Parlante
SIGMOD
2001
ACM
108views Database» more  SIGMOD 2001»
14 years 9 months ago
PREFER: A System for the Efficient Execution of Multi-parametric Ranked Queries
Users often need to optimize the selection of objects by appropriately weighting the importance of multiple object attributes. Such optimization problems appear often in operation...
Vagelis Hristidis, Nick Koudas, Yannis Papakonstan...
CASCON
2004
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13 years 11 months ago
Building predictors from vertically distributed data
Due in part to the large volume of data available today, but more importantly to privacy concerns, data are often distributed across institutional, geographical and organizational...
Sabine M. McConnell, David B. Skillicorn
SIGMOD
2003
ACM
163views Database» more  SIGMOD 2003»
14 years 9 months ago
Multi-Dimensional Clustering: A New Data Layout Scheme in DB2
We describe the design and implementation of a new data layout scheme, called multi-dimensional clustering, in DB2 Universal Database Version 8. Many applications, e.g., OLAP and ...
Sriram Padmanabhan, Bishwaranjan Bhattacharjee, Ti...
ICDE
2009
IEEE
115views Database» more  ICDE 2009»
14 years 11 months ago
Efficient Evaluation of Multiple Preference Queries
Consider multiple users searching for a hotel room, based on size, cost, distance to the beach, etc. Users may have variable preferences expressed by different weights on the attri...
Leong Hou U, Nikos Mamoulis, Kyriakos Mouratidis