In multi-relational databases, a view, which is a context- and content-dependent subset of one or more tables (or other views), is often used to preserve privacy by hiding sensiti...
A major cost in executing queries in a distributed database system is the data transfer cost incurred in transferring relations (fragments) accessed by a query from different sites...
In several working environments, production involves repeated executions of certain procedures. A workflow describes the individual tasks performed in these procedures and their i...
Anastassia Ailamaki, Yannis E. Ioannidis, Miron Li...
In modern application domains such as multimedia, molecular biology and medical imaging, similarity search in database systems is becoming an increasingly important task. Especial...
Hans-Peter Kriegel, Stefan Brecheisen, Peer Kr&oum...
Data replication is a central technique to increase availability and performance of distributed systems. While offering many advantages it also requires more effort for ensuring d...
Daniel Klan, Kai-Uwe Sattler, Katja Hose, Marcel K...