Cost-based query optimizers need to estimate the selectivity of conjunctive predicates when comparing alternative query execution plans. To this end, advanced optimizers use multi...
Volker Markl, Nimrod Megiddo, Marcel Kutsch, Tam M...
In several applications of logic programming and Transaction Logic, such as, planning, trust management and independent Semantic Web Services, an action might produce incomplete f...
In this paper, we view planning as a special case of reasoning about indefinite actions. We treat actions as predicates defined over a linear temporal order. This formalism permit...
Hospital Patient Scheduling is an inherently distributed problem because of the way real hospitals are organized. As medical procedures have become more complex, and their associat...
The sales activity of most parts manufacturing companies is based on orders of buyers. The process of promotion, receipt and selection of orders of the parts manufacturers is clos...
Hyung Rim Choi, Hyun Soo Kim, Young Jae Park, Kyou...