Classical retrieval models support content-oriented searching for documents using a set of words as data model. However, in hypertext and database applications we want to consider...
Data allocation is a key performance factor for parallel database systems (PDBS). This holds especially for data warehousing environments where huge amounts of data and complex an...
Middleware-based database replication protocols require few or no changes in the database engine. As a consequence, they are more portable and flexible than kernel-based protocols...
Many Web sources provide forms to allow users to query their hidden data. For instance, online stores such as Amazon.com have search interfaces, using which users can query informa...
In this paper a visual approach to querying in large spatial databases is presented. A diagrammatic technique utilising a data flow metaphor is used to express different kinds of...
Andrew J. Morris, Alia I. Abdelmoty, Douglas Tudho...