This paper describes a method to cope with denormalized relational schemas in a database reverse engineering process. We propose two main steps to irnprove the understanding of da...
The classic Generalized Sequential Patterns (GSP) algorithm returns all frequent sequences present in a database. However, usually a few ones are interesting from a user's po...
Martens et al. defined a pattern-based specification language equivalent in expressive power to the widely adopted XML Schema definitions (XSDs). This language consists of rules...
We propose a multi-dimensional language called nD-SQL with the following features: (i) nD-SQL supports queries that interoperate amongst multiple relational sources with heterogen...
We present a model for image retrieval in which images are represented both at the form level, as sets of physical features of the representing objects, and at the content level, a...
Carlo Meghini, Fabrizio Sebastiani, Umberto Stracc...