This work addresses a novel spatial keyword query called the m-closest keywords (mCK) query. Given a database of spatial objects, each tuple is associated with some descriptive inf...
The problem of query containment is fundamental to many aspects of database systems, including query optimization, determining independence of queries from updates, and rewriting ...
Literature on information integration across databases tacitly assumes that the data in each database can be revealed to the other databases. However, there is an increasing need ...
Rakesh Agrawal, Alexandre V. Evfimievski, Ramakris...
We consider the use of data reduction techniques for the problem of approximate query answering. We focus on applications for which accurate answers to selective queries are requi...
The aim of this work is to provide a robust way for peers with heterogeneous data sources to exchange information in an unreliable network. We address this problem in two ways. Fi...