This paper introduces RankSQL, a system that provides a systematic and principled framework to support efficient evaluations of ranking (top-k) queries in relational database syst...
Chengkai Li, Kevin Chen-Chuan Chang, Ihab F. Ilyas...
Today user-centered information acquisition over collections of complex XML documents is increasingly in demand. To this end, preferences have become an important paradigm enablin...
Query Personalization is the process of dynamically enhancing a query with related user preferences stored in a user profile with the aim of providing personalized answers. The un...
Abstract. The notion of user preference in database modeling has recently received much attention in advanced applications, such as personalization of e-services, since it captures...
We present Stretch `n' Shrink, a query design framework that explicitly takes into account user preferences about the desired answer size, and subsequently modifies the query...