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PODS
2009
ACM
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Dynamic indexability and lower bounds for dynamic one-dimensional range query indexes
The B-tree is a fundamental external index structure that is widely used for answering one-dimensional range reporting queries. Given a set of N keys, a range query can be answere...
Ke Yi
ICDT
2009
ACM
248views Database» more  ICDT 2009»
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Automatic verification of data-centric business processes
We formalize and study business process systems that are centered around "business artifacts", or simply "artifacts". This approach focuses on data records, kn...
Alin Deutsch, Richard Hull, Fabio Patrizi, Victor ...
ICDT
2009
ACM
150views Database» more  ICDT 2009»
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Optimizing user views for workflows
A technique called user views has recently been proposed to focus user attention on relevant information in response to provenance queries over workflow executions [1, 2]: Given u...
Olivier Biton, Susan B. Davidson, Sanjeev Khanna, ...
ICDT
2009
ACM
121views Database» more  ICDT 2009»
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Optimal splitters for database partitioning with size bounds
Partitioning is an important step in several database algorithms, including sorting, aggregation, and joins. Partitioning is also fundamental for dividing work into equal-sized (o...
Kenneth A. Ross, John Cieslewicz
ICDT
2009
ACM
175views Database» more  ICDT 2009»
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Structural characterizations of schema-mapping languages
Schema mappings are declarative specifications that describe the relationship between two database schemas. In recent years, there has been an extensive study of schema mappings a...
Balder ten Cate, Phokion G. Kolaitis
ICDT
2009
ACM
173views Database» more  ICDT 2009»
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Containment of conjunctive queries on annotated relations
We study containment and equivalence of (unions of) conjunctive queries on relations annotated with elements of a commutative semiring. Such relations and the semantics of positiv...
Todd J. Green
ICDT
2009
ACM
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TOP-K projection queries for probabilistic business processes
A Business Process (BP) consists of some business activities undertaken by one or more organizations in pursuit of some business goal. Tools for querying and analyzing BP specific...
Daniel Deutch, Tova Milo
ICDT
2009
ACM
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Tight results for clustering and summarizing data streams
In this paper we investigate algorithms and lower bounds for summarization problems over a single pass data stream. In particular we focus on histogram construction and K-center c...
Sudipto Guha
ICDT
2009
ACM
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Reconcilable differences
Todd J. Green, Zachary G. Ives, Val Tannen