Co-occurrence data is quite common in many real applications. Latent Semantic Analysis (LSA) has been successfully used to identify semantic relations in such data. However, LSA c...
We consider the problem of deciding query equivalence for a conjunctive language in which queries output complex objects composed from a mixture of nested, unordered collection ty...
Typically, users interact with database systems by formulating queries. However, many times users do not have a clear understanding of their information needs or the exact content...
Abstract. In this paper I argue that a qualitative formalization of built environments needs to take into account: (1) the ontological distinction between bonafide and fiat bound...
This paper focuses on parallel query optimization. We consider the operator problem and introduce a new class of execution strategies called Linear-Oriented Bushy Trees (LBTs). Co...