We study two classes of view update problems in relational databases. We are given a source database S, a monotone query Q, and the view Q(S) generated by the query. The first pro...
We consider the fundamental operation of applying a conjunction of selection conditions to a set of records. With large main memories available cheaply, systems may choose to keep...
Abstract—Federated systems have recently attracted much attention because they allow loosely coupled organizations to share resources for common benefits. However, discovering r...
We introduce a language and system that supports definition and composition of complex run-time security policies for Java applications. Our policies are comprised of two sorts o...
For execution of complex biological queries, data integration systems often use several intermediate data sources because the domain coverage of individual sources is limited. Qual...