This paper introduces RankSQL, a system that provides a systematic and principled framework to support efficient evaluations of ranking (top-k) queries in relational database syst...
Chengkai Li, Kevin Chen-Chuan Chang, Ihab F. Ilyas...
This paper introduces an efficient algorithm for Producing Early Results in Multi-join query plans (PermJoin, for short). While most previous research focuses only on the
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Justin J. Levandoski, Mohamed E. Khalefa, Mohamed ...
In this paper we present a novel approach for estimating the selectivity of XML twig queries. Such a technique is useful for approximate query answering as well as for determining...
Experience with relational systems has shown that distribution is an effective way of improving the scalability of query evaluation. In this paper, we show how distributed query e...
Active fusion is a process that purposively selects the most informative information from multiple sources as well as combines these information for achieving a reliable result ef...