A way to optimize performance of relational row store databases is to reduce the row widths by vertically partitioning tables into table fractions in order to minimize the number ...
Ranking queries produce results that are ordered on some computed score. Typically, these queries involve joins, where users are usually interested only in the top-k join results....
Outsourcing data to third party data providers is becoming a common practice for data owners to avoid the cost of managing and maintaining databases. Meanwhile, due to the populari...
It has been well recognized that data mining is an interactive and iterative process. In order to support this process, one of the long-term goals of data mining research has been...
Recently, there has been increased interest in the retrieval and integration of hidden Web data with a view to leverage high-quality information available in online databases. Alt...