Query optimization is a computationally intensive process, especially for complex queries. We present here a tool, called PLASTIC, that can be used by query optimizers to amortize...
Antara Ghosh, Jignashu Parikh, Vibhuti S. Sengar, ...
: Purpose -- Efficient processing of XML queries is critical for XML data management and related applications. Previously proposed techniques are unsatisfactory. This article prese...
Finding the occurrences of structural patterns in XML data is a key operation in XML query processing. Existing algorithms for this operation focus almost exclusively on path-patt...
Modern relational database systems are beginning to support ad hoc queries on mining models. In this paper, we explore novel techniques for optimizing queries that apply mining mo...
Surajit Chaudhuri, Vivek R. Narasayya, Sunita Sara...
Probabilistic processes appear naturally in various contexts, with applications to Business Processes, XML data management and more. Many models for specifying and querying such p...