Workloads that comb through vast amounts of data are gaining importance in the sciences. These workloads consist of "needle in a haystack" queries that are long running ...
Client/server information systems use caching techniques to reduce the volume of transmitted data as well as response time and, especially in the case of systems with mobile clien...
The challenges ensuing from the asymmetric communication capabilities of mobile environments have led to an increased interest in broadcast-based data dissemination. Among the conc...
We explore the execution of queries with client-site userdefined functions (UDFs). Many UDFs can only be executed at the client site, for reasons of scalability, security, confide...
When we try to debug or to comprehend a large program, it is important to separate suspicious program portions from the overall source program. Program slicing is a promising tech...