One of the most powerful features of SQL is the use of nested queries. Most research work on the optimization of nested queries focuses on aggregate subqueries. However, the solut...
In the past few years, much attention has been paid to the study of semistructured data, i.e., data with irregular, possibly unstable, and rapidly changing structure, and, in part...
This work addresses a problem of optimal query processing in heterogeneous and distributed multidatabase systems. The objective is to nd a method for opimization of global query p...
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...