A common optimization technique in the OLAP application domain is the use of summary aggregate data. For an appropriate support of analysis hot spots, we propose a query based agg...
Database query languages can be intimidating to the nonexpert, leading to the immense recent popularity for keyword based search in spite of its significant limitations. The holy ...
We introduce a representation system for relational data based on algebraic factorisation using distributivity of product over union and commutativity of product and union. We giv...
Recently, there has been extensive research that generated a wealth of new XML full-text query languages, ranging from simple Boolean search to combining sophisticated proximity a...
For querying structured and semistructured data, data retrieval and document retrieval are two valuable and complementary techniques that have not yet been fully integrated. In thi...