The generalized hypertree width GHW(H) of a hypergraph H is a measure of its cyclicity. Classes of conjunctive queries or constraint satisfaction problems whose associated hypergr...
: Purpose -- Efficient processing of XML queries is critical for XML data management and related applications. Previously proposed techniques are unsatisfactory. This article prese...
This short paper provides an overview of the DejaVu complex event processing (CEP) system, with an emphasis on its novel architecture and query optimization techniques for correla...
Abstract: We propose a framework for the specification of extensible database systems. A particular goal is to implement a software component for parsing and rule-based optimizatio...
In this paper we describe a rule-based approach to semantic specification that can be used to establish semantic agreement between a source and receiver. Query processing techniqu...