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PVLDB
2010
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Read-Once Functions and Query Evaluation in Probabilistic Databases
Probabilistic databases hold promise of being a viable means for large-scale uncertainty management, increasingly needed in a number of real world applications domains. However, q...
Prithviraj Sen, Amol Deshpande, Lise Getoor
SIGMOD
2010
ACM
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13 years 5 months ago
How to ConQueR why-not questions
One useful feature that is missing from today’s database systems is an explain capability that enables users to seek clarifications on unexpected query results. There are two t...
Quoc Trung Tran, Chee-Yong Chan
WDAG
2010
Springer
218views Algorithms» more  WDAG 2010»
13 years 5 months ago
Anonymous Asynchronous Systems: The Case of Failure Detectors
Abstract: Due the multiplicity of loci of control, a main issue distributed systems have to cope with lies in the uncertainty on the system state created by the adversaries that ar...
François Bonnet, Michel Raynal
COMPSAC
2010
IEEE
13 years 5 months ago
A Consistency Model for Identity Information in Distributed Systems
In distributed IT systems, replication of information is commonly used to strengthen the fault tolerance on a technical level or the autonomy of an organization on a business level...
Thorsten Höllrigl, Jochen Dinger, Hannes Hart...
GLOBECOM
2010
IEEE
13 years 5 months ago
Constructing Secure Localization Systems with Adjustable Granularity Using Commodity Hardware
Proof of a user's identity is not always a sufficient means for making an authorization decision. In an increasing set of circumstances, knowledge of physical location provide...
Patrick Traynor, Joshua Schiffman, Thomas F. La Po...