In this paper, we propose a unified framework, called Markov Model Mediator (MMM), to facilitate image database clustering and to improve the query performance. The structure of t...
Mei-Ling Shyu, Shu-Ching Chen, Min Chen, Chengcui ...
Web search engines often federate many user queries to relevant structured databases. For example, a product related query might be federated to a product database containing thei...
—A comprehensive understanding of cancer progression may shed light on genetic and molecular mechanisms of oncogenesis, and it may provide much needed information for effective d...
Geographic information systems use databases to map keywords to places. These databases are currently most often created by using a top-down approach based on the geographic defini...
A lot of research has been conducted by the database community on methods and techniques for efficient XPath processing, with great success. Despite the progress made, significant...