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VLDB
1998
ACM
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14 years 1 months ago
Proximity Search in Databases
An information retrieval IR engine can rank documents based on textual proximityof keywords within each document. In this paper we apply this notion to search across an entire dat...
Roy Goldman, Narayanan Shivakumar, Suresh Venkatas...
IUI
2003
ACM
14 years 2 months ago
Towards a theory of natural language interfaces to databases
The need for Natural Language Interfaces to databases (NLIs) has become increasingly acute as more and more people access information through their web browsers, PDAs, and cell ph...
Ana-Maria Popescu, Oren Etzioni, Henry A. Kautz
GIS
1999
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
Improved Bulk-Loading Algorithms for Quadtrees
Spatial indexes, such as the PMR quadtree, are important in spatial databases for efficient execution of queries involving spatial constraints, especially when the queries involv...
Gísli R. Hjaltason, Hanan Samet
BMCBI
2011
13 years 13 days ago
Faster Smith-Waterman database searches with inter-sequence SIMD parallelisation
Background: The Smith-Waterman algorithm for local sequence alignment is more sensitive than heuristic methods for database searching, but also more time-consuming. The fastest ap...
Torbjørn Rognes
DAWAK
2000
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Applying Vertical Fragmentation Techniques in Logical Design of Multidimensional Databases
In the context of multidimensional databases implemented on relational DBMSs through star schemes, the most effective technique to enhance performances consists of materializing re...
Matteo Golfarelli, Dario Maio, Stefano Rizzi