Adaptive indexing is characterized by the partial creation and refinement of the index as side effects of query execution. Dynamic or shifting workloads may benefit from prelimi...
Stratos Idreos, Stefan Manegold, Harumi A. Kuno, G...
One of the key tenets of database system design is making efficient use of storage and memory resources. However, existing database system implementations are actually extremely ...
Background: Information resources on the World Wide Web play an indispensable role in modern biology. But integrating data from multiple sources is often encumbered by the need to...
J. Christopher Bare, Paul T. Shannon, Amy K. Schmi...
Background: Rates of substitution in protein-coding sequences can provide important insights into evolutionary processes that are of biomedical and theoretical interest. Increased...
Estienne C. Swart, Winston A. Hide, Cathal Seoighe
The availability of summary data for XML documents has many applications, from providing users with quick feedback about their queries, to cost-based storage design and query opti...
Juliana Freire, Jayant R. Haritsa, Maya Ramanath, ...