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ICDE
1999
IEEE
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Similarity Searching in Text Databases with Multiple Field Types
Similarity searching in text databases with multiple field types is still an open problem. We experimented with CORDIS and we evaluated the effectiveness of many text retrieval me...
Kostas Tzeras, Euripides G. M. Petrakis
ICDE
1999
IEEE
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Managing Distributed Memory to Meet Multiclass Workload Response Time Goals
In this paper we present an online method for managing a goaloriented buffer partitioning in the distributed memory of a network of workstations. Our algorithm implements a feedba...
Arnd Christian König, Markus Sinnwell
ICDE
1999
IEEE
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Improving the Access Time Performance of Serpentine Tape Drives
This paper presents a general model for estimating access times of serpentine tape drives. The model is used to schedule I/O requests in order to minimize the total access time. W...
Olav Sandstå, Roger Midtstraum
ICDE
1999
IEEE
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Working Together in Harmony - An Implementation of the CORBA Object Query Service and Its Evaluation
The CORBA standard, together with its service specifications, has gained considerable attention in recent years. The CORBA Object Query Service allows for declarative access to he...
Klemens Böhm, Uwe Röhm
ICDE
1999
IEEE
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On Similarity-Based Queries for Time Series Data
We study similarity queries for time series data where similarity is defined in terms of a set of linear transformations on the Fourier series representation of a sequence. We hav...
Davood Rafiei
ICDE
1999
IEEE
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I/O Complexity for Range Queries on Region Data Stored Using an R-tree
In this paper we study the node distribution of an Rtree storing region data, like for instance islands, lakes or human-inhabited areas. We will show that real region datasets are...
Guido Proietti, Christos Faloutsos
ICDE
1999
IEEE
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Multiversion Reconciliation for Mobile Databases
As mobile computing devices become more and more popular, mobile databases have started gaining popularity. An important feature of these database systems is their ability to allo...
Shirish Hemant Phatak, B. R. Badrinath
ICDE
1999
IEEE
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Semantic Brokering over Dynamic Heterogeneous Data Sources in InfoSleuth
InfoSleuth1is an agent-based system for information discovery and retrieval in a dynamic, open environment. This paper discusses InfoSleuth's multibroker design and implement...
Marian H. Nodine, William Bohrer, Anne H. H. Ngu
ICDE
1999
IEEE
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Processing Operations with Restrictions in RDBMS without External Sorting: The Tetris Algorithm
Most operations of the relational algebra or SQL require a sorted stream of tuples for efficient processing. Therefore, processing complex relational queries relies on efficient a...
Volker Markl, Martin Zirkel, Rudolf Bayer
ICDE
1999
IEEE
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Query Routing in Large-Scale Digital Library Systems
Modern digital libraries require user-friendly and yet responsive access to the rapidly growing, heterogeneous, and distributed collection of information sources. However, the inc...
Ling Liu