Similarity search is a fundamental operation for applications that deal with unstructured data sources. In this paper we propose a new pivot-based method for similarity search, ca...
Continuous queries are persistent queries that allow users to receive new results when they become available. While continuous query systems can transform a passive web into an ac...
Jianjun Chen, David J. DeWitt, Feng Tian, Yuan Wan...
There has been a recent surge in work in probabilistic databases, propelled in large part by the huge increase in noisy data sources — sensor data, experimental data, data from ...
Describing relational data sources (i.e. databases) by means of ontologies constitutes the foundation of most of the semantic based approaches to data access and integration. In sp...
In recentyears,databaseresearchandproduct developmentactivities havefocusedonsupport for non-traditional data types, such astext or multi-media documents.This paper describes an a...