To effectively support today's global economy, database systems need to manage data in multiple languages simultaneously. While current database systems do support the storag...
Limiting identification of r.e. indexes for r.e. languages (from a presentation of elements of the language) and limiting identification of programs for computable functions (fr...
We introduce a cost model for the M-tree access method [Ciaccia et al., 1997] which provides estimates of CPU (distance computations) and I/O costs for the execution of similarity ...
: This paper presents a systematic approach based on the axiomatic design theory to assess the inherent flexibility of the product family to generate the product variants for custo...
Architects use sketching and diagramming in their design process to perform functional reasoning, formal arrangements, analogy transfer, structure mapping, and knowledge acquisiti...