Many geographical applications deal with spatial objects that cannot be adequately described by determinate, crisp concepts because of their intrinsically indeterminate and vague n...
The need for Keyword search in databases is suggested both by Web integration with legacy database management system and by dynamic Web publication. However, it sacrifices the inh...
Repairing a database means making the database consistent by applying changes that are as small as possible. Nearly all approaches to repairing have assumed deletions and insertion...
Trend analysis and forecasting applications (e.g., securities trading, stock market, and after-the-fact diagnosis) need event detection along a moving time window. Event-driven app...
Web caching keeps single Web objects ready somewhere in caches in the user-to-server path, whereas database caching uses fullfledged database management systems as caches to adapt...