: Information-filtering systems constitute a critical component of modern information-seeking applications. As the number of users grows and the amount of information available bec...
Most operations of the relational algebra or SQL require a sorted stream of tuples for efficient processing. Therefore, processing complex relational queries relies on efficient a...
Three nontrivial limitations of the existing JavaT M technology are considered from the viewpoint of object-oriented database technology. The limitations are: lack of support for o...
Systems designed for efficient retrieval of conventional data can be very inefficient at retrieving documents. Documents have more complex structure than conventional data, and th...
This paper introduces a new approach to provide users with solutions to explore a domain via an information space. A key point in our approach is that information searching and ex...