Existing federated database systems (FDBS) provide uniform access to multiple heterogeneous DBS, but do not enable objects to move across the DBS while retaining global identity. ...
The tremendous increase in the use of cellular phones, GPS-like devices, and RFIDs results in highly dynamic environments where objects as well as queries are continuously moving. ...
Mohamed F. Mokbel, Xiaopeng Xiong, Moustafa A. Ham...
The wide spread use of cellular phones, handheld devices, and GPS-like technology enables location-aware environments where virtually all objects are aware of their locations. Loca...
This paper describes issues encountered in the design and implementation of a parallel object-oriented database system. In particular, we find that the design of a client/server ...
In moving object environments, it is infeasible for the database tracking the movement of objects to store the exact locations of objects at all times. Typically, the location of a...
Reynold Cheng, Sunil Prabhakar, Dmitri V. Kalashni...