R-tree based spatial join is useful because of both its superior performance and the wide spread implementation of R-trees. We present a new R-tree join method called BFRJ (Breadt...
Transactional memory (TM) has shown potential to simplify the task of writing concurrent programs. Inspired by classical work on databases, formal definitions of the semantics of...
Rachid Guerraoui, Thomas A. Henzinger, Michal Kapa...
Abstract— In this paper, we propose an ontology specification for JavaBean programs, the object component model of Java. Our specification is written using the DAML+OIL languag...
Ranking is an important property that needs to be fully supported by current relational query engines. Recently, several rank-join query operators have been proposed based on rank...
Ihab F. Ilyas, Rahul Shah, Walid G. Aref, Jeffrey ...
The widespread dissemination of small-scale sensor nodes has sparked interest in a powerful new database abstraction for sensor networks: Clients “program” the sensors through ...
Niki Trigoni, Yong Yao, Alan J. Demers, Johannes G...