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SSD
2005
Springer
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14 years 2 months ago
Semantic Caching for Multiresolution Spatial Query Processing in Mobile Environments
Spatial data are particularly useful in mobile environments. However, due to the low bandwidth of most wireless networks, developing large spatial database applications becomes a c...
Sai Sun, Xiaofang Zhou, Heng Tao Shen
ECIR
2009
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
Refining Keyword Queries for XML Retrieval by Combining Content and Structure
Abstract. The structural heterogeneity and complexity of XML repositories makes query formulation challenging for users who have little knowledge of XML. To assist its users, an XM...
Desislava Petkova, W. Bruce Croft, Yanlei Diao
SIGMOD
2009
ACM
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14 years 9 months ago
Combining keyword search and forms for ad hoc querying of databases
A common criticism of database systems is that they are hard to query for users uncomfortable with a formal query language. To address this problem, form-based interfaces and keyw...
Eric Chu, Akanksha Baid, Xiaoyong Chai, AnHai Doan...
WEBDB
2000
Springer
128views Database» more  WEBDB 2000»
14 years 9 days ago
Architecting a Network Query Engine for Producing Partial Results
The growth of the Internet has made it possible to query data in all corners of the globe. This trend is being abetted by the emergence of standards for data representation, such ...
Jayavel Shanmugasundaram, Kristin Tufte, David J. ...
WWW
2003
ACM
14 years 9 months ago
Piazza: data management infrastructure for semantic web applications
The Semantic Web envisions a World Wide Web in which data is described with rich semantics and applications can pose complex queries. To this point, researchers have defined new l...
Alon Y. Halevy, Zachary G. Ives, Peter Mork, Igor ...