Query optimizers rely on fast, high-quality estimates of result sizes in order to select between various join plans. Selfjoin sizes of relations provide bounds on the join size of...
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Previous examinations of search in textual archives have assumed that users first retrieve a ranked set of documents relevant to their query, and then visually scan through these ...
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A suitable software architecture –for example in the area of distributed application– can be composed of known-to-work solutions. These are also known as design patterns. Howev...
Decision support systems are important in leveraging information present in data warehouses in businesses like banking, insurance, retail and health-care among many others. The mu...
The Mobile IP (MIP) protocol for IP version 4 provides continuous Internet connectivity to mobile hosts. However, currently it has some drawbacks in the areas of survivability, per...
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