A cooperative database allows the user to specify approximate or vague query conditions. A vague query requires the database system to rank the retrieved answers according to thei...
NETSPEAK helps writers in choosing words while writing a text. It checks for the commonness of phrases and allows for the retrieval of alternatives by means of wildcard queries. T...
Patrick Riehmann, Henning Gruendl, Bernd Froehlich...
Until recently, most data integration techniques involved central components, e.g., global schemas, to enable transparent access to heterogeneous databases. Today, however, with t...
Mobile and pervasive applications frequently rely on devices such as RFID antennas or sensors (light, temperature, motion) to provide them information about the physical world. Th...
Nodira Khoussainova, Magdalena Balazinska, Dan Suc...
Background: Backtranslation is the process of decoding a sequence of amino acids into the corresponding codons. All synthetic gene design systems include a backtranslation module....
Alfredo Ferro, Rosalba Giugno, Giuseppe Pigola, Al...