The objective of this paper is to investigate the problems related to the extensional integration of information sources. In particular, we propose an approach for managing incons...
We present a simple randomized scheme for triangulating a set P of n points in the plane, and construct a kinetic data structure which maintains the triangulation as the points of...
Databases are often incomplete because of the presence of disjunctive information, due to con icts, partial knowledge and other reasons. Queries against such databases often ask q...
The philosophy literature has been struggling with the problem of defining causality. There has been extensive discussion about it. Hume taught that talk of causation was metaphys...
The speedup over a microprocessor that can be achieved by implementing some programs on an FPGA has been extensively reported. This paper presents an analysis, both quantitative a...
Zhi Guo, Walid A. Najjar, Frank Vahid, Kees A. Vis...