Searching for similar objects (in terms of near and nearest neighbors) of a given query object from a large set is an essential task in many applications. Recent years have seen g...
Like Gao, Min Wang, Xiaoyang Sean Wang, Sriram Pad...
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...
is at least ae powerful as SQL. Two well known relational query languages that have a sound theoretical foundation are relational algebra and relational calculus. As SQL is more cl...
Optimizing nested queries is an intricate problem. It becomes even harder if in a nested query the linking predicate or the correlation predicate occurs disjunctively. We present ...
The ability to query data streams is of increasing importance and has been identified as a crucial element for modern organizations and agencies. This paper identifies a class o...