The Boolean semantics of SQL queries cannot adequately capture the "fuzzy" preferences and "soft" criteria required in non-traditional data retrieval applicati...
Chengkai Li, Min Wang, Lipyeow Lim, Haixun Wang, K...
Applications that require real-time processing of high-volume data steams are pushing the limits of traditional data processing infrastructures. These stream-based applications in...
Michael Stonebraker, Ugur Çetintemel, Stanley B. ...
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...
As more and more query processing work can be done in main memory, memory access is becoming a significant cost component of database operations. Recent database research has show...
Most relational query optimizers make use of information about the costs of accessing tuples and data structures on various storage devices. This information can at times be off b...