A top-k query combines different rankings of the same set of objects and returns the k objects with the highest combined score according to an aggregate function. We bring to ligh...
Nikos Mamoulis, Kit Hung Cheng, Man Lung Yiu, Davi...
In-memory tree structured index search is a fundamental database operation. Modern processors provide tremendous computing power by integrating multiple cores, each with wide vect...
Changkyu Kim, Jatin Chhugani, Nadathur Satish, Eri...
We consider the issues of implicitness and cache-obliviousness in the classical dictionary problem for n distinct keys over an unbounded and ordered universe. One finding in this ...
The similarity join is an important database primitive which has been successfully applied to speed up applications such as similarity search, data analysis and data mining. The s...
Energy consumption by computer systems has emerged as an important concern. However, the energy consumed in executing an algorithm cannot be inferred from its performance alone: i...