A top-k query combines different rankings of the same set of objects and returns the k objects with the highest combined score according to an aggregate function. We bring to ligh...
Nikos Mamoulis, Kit Hung Cheng, Man Lung Yiu, Davi...
We present MiniCount, the first efficient sound and complete algorithm for finding maximally contained rewritings of conjunctive queries with count, using conjunctive views with c...
In this paper, we investigate a new approach to process queries in data stream applications. We show that reference locality characteristics of data streams could be exploited in ...
Feifei Li, Ching Chang, George Kollios, Azer Besta...
To effectively support today's global economy, database systems need to manage data in multiple languages simultaneously. While current database systems do support the storag...
In this demonstration we present MAPLE, a scalable peer-to-peer Nearest Neighbor (NN) query system for mobile environments. MAPLE is designed for the efficient sharing of query re...
Wei-Shinn Ku, Roger Zimmermann, Chi-Ngai Wan, Haoj...
In this paper, we study a new type of spatial query, Nearest Surrounder (NS), which searches the nearest surrounding spatial objects around a query point. NS query can be more use...
Location-based services and data mining algorithms analyzing objects moving on a complex traffic network are becoming increasingly important. In this paper, we introduce a new app...
Hans-Peter Kriegel, Peter Kunath, Martin Pfeifle, ...
K-Anonymity has been proposed as a mechanism for protecting privacy in microdata publishing, and numerous recoding "models" have been considered for achieving kanonymity...
Kristen LeFevre, David J. DeWitt, Raghu Ramakrishn...