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HOTSWUP
2009
ACM
14 years 10 days ago
Automating Database Schema Evolution in Information System Upgrades
The complexity, cost, and down-time currently created by the database schema evolution process is the source of incessant problems in the life of information systems and a major s...
Carlo Curino, Hyun Jin Moon, Carlo Zaniolo
VLDB
2008
ACM
170views Database» more  VLDB 2008»
14 years 8 months ago
A layered framework supporting personal information integration and application design for the semantic desktop
With the development of inexpensive storage devices, space usage is no longer a bottleneck for computer users. However, the increasingly large amount of personal information poses ...
Isabel F. Cruz, Huiyong Xiao
PODS
2004
ACM
148views Database» more  PODS 2004»
14 years 7 months ago
Deterministic Wavelet Thresholding for Maximum-Error Metrics
Several studies have demonstrated the effectiveness of the wavelet decomposition as a tool for reducing large amounts of data down to compact wavelet synopses that can be used to ...
Minos N. Garofalakis, Amit Kumar
XSYM
2004
Springer
129views Database» more  XSYM 2004»
14 years 1 months ago
Fractional XSketch Synopses for XML Databases
A key step in the optimization of declarative queries over XML data is estimating the selectivity of path expressions, i.e., the number of elements reached by a specific navigatio...
Natasha Drukh, Neoklis Polyzotis, Minos N. Garofal...
WWW
2006
ACM
14 years 8 months ago
CWS: a comparative web search system
In this paper, we define and study a novel search problem: Comparative Web Search (CWS). The task of CWS is to seek relevant and comparative information from the Web to help users...
Jian-Tao Sun, Xuanhui Wang, Dou Shen, Hua-Jun Zeng...