Abstract: Optimization of nested queries, in particular finding equivalent “flattened” queries for queries that employ the SQL sub-query construct, has been researched extensiv...
Abstract. Decision-support systems provide a large functionality supporting the decision making process. They allow to draw conclusions from data provided by users. In order to be ...
Klaus P. Jantke, Martin Memmel, Oleg Rostanin, Ber...
Abstract. A contract signing protocol lets two parties exchange digital signatures on a pre-agreed text. Optimistic contract signing protocols enable the signers to do so without i...
Rohit Chadha, John C. Mitchell, Andre Scedrov, Vit...
Abstract. A significant effort has recently been made to rigorously relate the formal treatment of cryptography with the computational one. A first substantial step in this dire...
Abstract. Enterprise applications implement business resource management systems, customer relationship management systems, and general systems for commerce. These applications rel...