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VLDB
1998
ACM
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nD-SQL: A Multi-Dimensional Language for Interoperability and OLAP
We propose a multi-dimensional language called nD-SQL with the following features: (i) nD-SQL supports queries that interoperate amongst multiple relational sources with heterogen...
Frédéric Gingras, Laks V. S. Lakshma...
VLDB
1998
ACM
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Clustering Categorical Data: An Approach Based on Dynamical Systems
Wedescribea novel approachfor clustering collectionsof sets,andits applicationto theanalysis and mining of categoricaldata. By "categorical data," we meantableswith fiel...
David Gibson, Jon M. Kleinberg, Prabhakar Raghavan
VLDB
1998
ACM
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Secure Buffering in Firm Real-Time Database Systems
The design of secure buffer managers for database systems supporting real-time applications with firm deadlines is studied here. We first identify the design challenges and then p...
Binto George, Jayant R. Haritsa
VLDB
1998
ACM
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RainForest - A Framework for Fast Decision Tree Construction of Large Datasets
Classification of large datasets is an important data mining problem. Many classification algorithms have been proposed in the literature, but studies have shown that so far no al...
Johannes Gehrke, Raghu Ramakrishnan, Venkatesh Gan...
VLDB
1998
ACM
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On Optimal Node Splitting for R-trees
The problem of finding an optimal bipartition of a rectangle set has a direct impact on query performance of dynamic R-trees. During update operations, overflowed nodes need to be...
Yván J. García, Mario A. Lopez, Scot...
VLDB
1998
ACM
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Computing Iceberg Queries Efficiently
Many applications compute aggregate functions over an attribute (or set of attributes) to find aggregate values above some specified threshold. We call such queries iceberg querie...
Min Fang, Narayanan Shivakumar, Hector Garcia-Moli...
VLDB
1998
ACM
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Experiences in Federated Databases: From IRO-DB to MIRO-Web
From beginning of 1994 to the end of 1996, the IRO-DB ESPRIT project has developed tools for accessing relational and object-oriented databases in an integrated way. The system is...
Peter Fankhauser, Georges Gardarin, M. Lopez, J. M...
VLDB
1998
ACM
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Incremental Clustering for Mining in a Data Warehousing Environment
Data warehouses provide a great deal of opportunities for performing data mining tasks such as classification and clustering. Typically, updates are collected and applied to the d...
Martin Ester, Hans-Peter Kriegel, Jörg Sander...
VLDB
1998
ACM
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Issues in Developing Very Large Data Warehouses
The size of The Boeing Company posts some stringent requirements on data warehouse design and implementation. We summarize four interesting and challenging issues in developing ve...
Lyman Do, Pamela Drew, Wei Jin, Vish Jumani, David...
VLDB
1998
ACM
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DTL's DataSpot: Database Exploration Using Plain Language
DTL's DataSpot is a database publishing tool that enables non-technical end users to explore a database using free-form plain language queries combined with hypertext navigat...
Shaul Dar, Gadi Entin, Shai Geva, Eran Palmon