Text documents often embed data that is structured in nature, and we can expose this structured data using information extraction technology. By processing a text database with inf...
The prevalent use of XML highlights the need for a generic, flexible access-control mechanism for XML documents that supports efficient and secure query access, without revealing ...
We revisit the classical chase procedure, studying its properties as well as its applicability to standard database problems. We settle (in the negative) the open problem of decid...
Decision support applications involve complex queries on very large databases. Since response times should be small, query optimization is critical. Users typically view the data ...
Venky Harinarayan, Anand Rajaraman, Jeffrey D. Ull...
This publication summarizes research on the the design and implementation of liberalized version of existing truth-finding protocols for argumentation, such as the standard two-a...