Abstract. Database systems have been vital for all forms of data processing for a long time. In recent years, the amount of processed data has been growing dramatically, even in sm...
— We discuss the problem of resource provisioning for database management systems operating on top of an Infrastructure-As-A-Service (IaaS) cloud. To solve this problem, we descr...
Current database management system technology is unable to provide adequate support for Nomadic Computing. Mobile applications require systems which are sufficiently lightweight an...
Current database management system technology is not well equipped to provide adequate support for what has been deemed the 3rd wave of computing -- Ubiquitous Computing. Such app...
We investigate classes of SQL queries which are syntactically correct, but certainly not intended, no matter for which task the query was written. For instance, queries that are c...
Information retrieval emerged as independent research area from traditional database management system more than a decade ago. This was driven by the increasing functional require...
As computing systems continue to grow in size and complexity, the need for self-management is becoming more prevalent. The difficulty and cost associated with the maintenance of l...
Armando Barreto, Ben Wongsaroj, Tariq M. King, Tua...
Traditionally, database management systems (DBMSs) have been associated with high-cost, high-quality functionalities. That is, powerful capabilities are provided, but only in respo...
Consider a database that represents the location of moving objects, such as taxi-cabs (typical query: retrieve the cabs that are currently within 1 mile of 33 Michigan Ave., Chica...
Ouri Wolfson, Sam Chamberlain, Son Dao, Liqin Jian...
Many current multimedia database management systems perform content-based retrieval of images by extracting the values of various features from every object stored in their system...