A hierarchy is an arrangement of qualitative values in a tree with certain properties. Hierarchies allow to define the confusion conf(r, s) in using qualitative value r instead of ...
For complex queries in parallel database systems, substantial amounts of data must be redistributed between operators executed on different processing nodes. Frequently, such inter...
This paper proposes a family of replication protocols based on group communication in order to address some of the concerns expressed by database designers regarding existing repl...
Workflow management, one of the important technologies for supporting collaborative work, requires database technologies like distributed data management or transaction management...
Thispaperintroducesa methodfor identifyingempirically conservedaminoacid substitution groups.In contrast with existing approachesthat viewaminoacid substitution as a pairwisepheno...