Abstract. In dynamic environments like the Web, data sources may change not only their data but also their schemas, their semantics, and their query capabilities.When a mapping is ...
Abstract Peer-to-peer (P2P) networks have become a powerful means for online data exchange. Currently, users are primarily utilizing these networks to perform exact-match queries a...
Abstract In this paper we propose an extensible architecture for database engines where satellite databases are used to scale out and implement additional functionality for a centr...
Abstract. Hierarchical clustering has been proved an effective means for physically organizing large fact tables since it reduces significantly the I/O cost during ad hoc OLAP quer...
Nikos Karayannidis, Timos K. Sellis, Yannis Kouvar...
Abstract. In this chapter we discuss the susceptibility of critical information infrastructures to computer-borne attacks and faults, mainly due to their largely computerized natur...