Metric Access Methods (MAM) are employed to accelerate the processing of similarity queries, such as the range and the k-nearest neighbor queries. Current methods improve the quer...
Marcos R. Vieira, Caetano Traina Jr., Fabio Jun Ta...
The amount of data collected in the last decades has become a source of valuable information, allowing organizations to improve their competitiveness. However, the associated data...
Humberto Luiz Razente, Fabio Jun Takada Chino, Mar...
An enormous amount of information is currently available through specialized services of digital libraries (DLs). However the specification and development of DLs are very complex...
David Patricio Viscarra del Pozo, Lena Veiga e Sil...
In order to index text fields in XML databases for similarity queries, M-Trees may be applied. However, some datasets experiments using M-Trees for this purpose resulted in low qu...
XML is widely used for data exchange between relational databases. Generic exchange tools are based on mappings between the elements of both schemas. Despite the benefits of using...
Learning Content Management Systems (LCMS) store and manage e-learning content and play an important role in the development of Distance Learning technology. ROSA (Repository of O...
Web search engines compete to offer the fastest responses with highest relevance. However, as Web collections grow, it becomes more difficult to achieve this purpose. As most user...
Traditional requirements for persistence layers do not consider limitations of the development platforms available for mobile devices. In order to facilitate the development of ap...