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CIKM
2005
Springer
15 years 8 months ago
Concept-based interactive query expansion
Despite the recent advances in search quality, the fast increase in the size of the Web collection has introduced new challenges for Web ranking algorithms. In fact, there are sti...
Bruno M. Fonseca, Paulo Braz Golgher, Bruno P&ocir...
SIGMOD
2007
ACM
146views Database» more  SIGMOD 2007»
16 years 2 months ago
Distributed query evaluation with performance guarantees
Partial evaluation has recently proven an effective technique for evaluating Boolean XPath queries over a fragmented tree that is distributed over a number of sites. What left ope...
Gao Cong, Wenfei Fan, Anastasios Kementsietsidis
ECAI
2004
Springer
15 years 7 months ago
Preferences for Queries in a Mediator Approach
The problem of integrating relevant information obtained from multiple heterogeneous sources is a complex task, with which biologists are now faced. In this paper, we address the p...
Alain Bidault, Sarah Cohen Boulakia, Christine Fro...
DEXA
2005
Springer
80views Database» more  DEXA 2005»
15 years 8 months ago
Optimizing I/O Costs of Multi-dimensional Queries Using Bitmap Indices
Bitmap indices are efficient data structures for processing complex, multi-dimensional queries in data warehouse applications and scientific data analysis. For high-cardinality at...
Doron Rotem, Kurt Stockinger, Kesheng Wu
ICDT
1990
ACM
110views Database» more  ICDT 1990»
15 years 6 months ago
Beginnings of a Theory of General Database Completions
Ordinary logical implication is not enough for answering queries in a logic database, since especially negative information is only implicitly represented in the database state. M...
Stefan Brass