A new approach to query optimization, truly adaptive optimization (TAO), is presented. TAO is a general optimization strategy and is composed of three elements:
We study the problem of query optimization in federated relational database systems. The nature of federated databases explicitly decouples many aspects of the optimization proces...
In semistructured databases there is no schema fixed in advance. To provide the benefits of a schema in such environments, we introduce DataGuides: concise and accurate structural...