Current federated systems deploy cost-based query optimization mechanisms; i.e., the optimizer selects a global query plan with the lowest cost to execute. Thus, cost functions in...
Wen-Syan Li, Vishal S. Batra, Vijayshankar Raman, ...
Abstract— Sensor network data has both historical and realtime value. Making historical sensor data useful, in particular, requires storage, naming, and indexing. Sensor data pre...
AbstractAbstractAbstract In this paper, an implementation scheme for relational tables is proposed. Our scheme employs extendible chunked arrays. We are proposing an implementation...
Masayuki Kuroda, Naoki Amma, K. M. Azharul Hasan, ...
Abstract Although e-commerce is becoming popular, product rules, which describe various conditions such as prices, applicability, and discount conditions are still expressed in nat...
Recently, highly accurate positioning devices enable us to provide various types of location-based services. On the other hand, because position data obtained by such devices incl...
—Content-based copy detection (CBCD) is one of the emerging multimedia applications for which there is a need of a concerted effort from the database community and the computer ...
At FXPAL Japan we have built an (experimental) Smart Conference Room (SCR) that contains multiple cameras, microphones, displays, and capture devices. Based on our experience, in ...
Queries on XML documents typically combine selections on element contents, and, via path expressions, the structural relationships between tagged elements. Efficient support for ...