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SIGMOD
2010
ACM
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13 years 11 months ago
Unbiased estimation of size and other aggregates over hidden web databases
Many websites provide restrictive form-like interfaces which allow users to execute search queries on the underlying hidden databases. In this paper, we consider the problem of es...
Arjun Dasgupta, Xin Jin, Bradley Jewell, Nan Zhang...
EDBT
2010
ACM
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14 years 2 months ago
Turbo-charging hidden database samplers with overflowing queries and skew reduction
Recently, there has been growing interest in random sampling from online hidden databases. These databases reside behind form-like web interfaces which allow users to execute sear...
Arjun Dasgupta, Nan Zhang 0004, Gautam Das
SIGMOD
2009
ACM
167views Database» more  SIGMOD 2009»
14 years 11 months ago
HDSampler: revealing data behind web form interfaces
A large number of online databases are hidden behind the web. Users to these systems can form queries through web forms to retrieve a small sample of the database. Sampling such h...
Anirban Maiti, Arjun Dasgupta, Nan Zhang, Gautam D...