The widespread adoption of XML holds out the promise that document structure can be exploited to specify precise database queries. However, the user may have only a limited knowle...
Today’s world of increasingly dynamic computing environments naturally results in more and more data being available as fast streams. Applications such as stock market analysis,...
It is well established that bitmap indices are efficient for read-only attributes with low attribute cardinalities. For an attribute with a high cardinality, the size of the bitma...
Symmetric-key block ciphers encrypt data, providing data confidentiality over the public Internet. For inter-operability reasons, it is desirable to support a variety of symmetric...
Cluster methods have been successfully applied in gene expression data analysis to address tumor classification. By grouping tissue samples into homogeneous subsets, more systema...