Random data perturbation (RDP) has been in use for several years in statistical databases and public surveys as a means of providing privacy to individuals while collecting informa...
This paper studies sorted generalization-the generalization, with respect to an arbitrary taxonomic theory, of atomic formulas containing sorted variables. It develops an algorith...
We characterise the set of subalgebras of Allen's algebra which have a tractable satisfiability problem, and in addition contain certain basic relations. The conclusion is th...
Synthesis of program fragments from specifications can make programs easier to write and easier to reason about. We present Comfusy, a tool that extends the compiler for the gener...
We consider the problem of query plan optimization in information brokers. Information brokers are programs that facilitate access to collections of information sources by hiding ...