We study complexity and approximation of queries in an expressive query language for probabilistic databases. The language studied supports the compositional use of confidence com...
In this paper, a generalized multimedia database data model based on MPEG-7 named G3M is proposed and formally defined. Different from those XML Database Management System (DBMS) ...
Relational database management systems are constantly being extended and augmented to accommodate data in different domains. Recently, with the increasing use of ontology in vario...
Annotation is the process of supplementing data with additional information that was not part of the actual observation, but reflects post-facto comments and associations made by a...
The description, composition, and execution of even logically simple scientific workflows are often complicated by the need to deal with "messy" issues like heterogeneou...
Yong Zhao, James E. Dobson, Ian T. Foster, Luc Mor...