Abstract. Fusion queries search for information integrated from distributed, autonomous sources over the Internet. We investigate techniques for e cient processing of fusion querie...
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...
Queries are widely used for acquiring data distributed in opportunistically formed mobile networks. However, when queries are executed in such dynamic settings, the returned result...
This paper examines high dimensional regression with noise-contaminated input and output data. Goals of such learning problems include optimal prediction with noiseless query poin...
We examine the problem of retrieving the top-m ranked items from a large collection, randomly distributed across an n-node system. In order to retrieve the top m overall, we must ...