Query processing is one of the most, critical issues in Object-Oriented DBMSs. Extensible opt,imizers with efficient, search strategies require a cost model to select the most eff...
Georges Gardarin, Jean-Robert Gruser, Zhao-Hui Tan...
Database schema integration is significant not only in building multidatabase systems but also in data warehousing. Metadata, which define schemas, are normally involved in the su...
Image retrieval has commonly been attempted using non-semantic approaches. It is clear though, that semantic retrieval is more desirable because it facilitates the user's tas...
Video data management (VDM) is fast becoming one of seminar topics in multimedia information systems. In VDM systems, there exists an important need for novel techniques and mechan...
In recent years, many emerging database applications deal with large sets of continuously moving data objects. Since no computer system can commit continuously occurring infinitesi...