With the rise of XML as a standard model of data exchange, XML functional dependencies (XFDs) have become important to areas such as key analysis, document normalization, and data ...
Information integration is becoming a critical problem for businesses and individuals alike. Data volumes are sky-rocketing, and new sources and types of information are proliferat...
We introduce a new abstract model of database query processing, finite cursor machines, that incorporates certain data streaming aspects. The model describes quite faithfully what...
Martin Grohe, Yuri Gurevich, Dirk Leinders, Nicole...
Abstract. We study containment of conjunctive queries that are evaluated over databases that may contain tuples with null values. We assume the semantics of SQL for single block qu...
Cryptographic techniques for reasoning about information leakage have recently been brought to bear on the classical problem of statistical disclosure control – revealing accurat...
We consider random graphs, and their extensions to random structures, with edge probabilities of the form βn−α , where n is the number of vertices, α, β are fixed and α >...
Abstract. Consistent query answering (CQA) is an approach to querying inconsistent databases without repairing them first. This invited talk introduces the basics of CQA, and disc...
The first aim of this paper is to present the logical core of XPath 2.0: a logically clean, decidable fragment, which includes most navigational features of XPath 2.0 (complex co...
Abstract. Information concerning the origin of data (that is, its provenance) is important in many areas, especially scientific recordkeeping. Currently, provenance information mu...