SQL (Structured Query Language) is one of the essential topics in foundation databases courses in higher education. Due to its apparent simple syntax, learning to use the full pow...
Shazia Wasim Sadiq, Maria E. Orlowska, Wasim Sadiq...
There has been a large amount of research on efficient document retrieval in both IR and web search areas. One important technique to improve retrieval efficiency is early termina...
There has been an explosion of hyperlinked data in many domains, e.g., the biological Web. Expressive query languages and effective ranking techniques are required to convert this...
Nowadays, an increasing number of objects can be represented by their wireless electronic identifiers. For example, people can be recognized by their phone numbers or their phone...
Boying Zhang, Jin Teng, Junda Zhu, Xinfeng Li, Don...
The Discrete Pascal Transform (DPT) has been proved remarkably useful for edge detection, filter design, discrete-time signal interpolation and data hiding. In the present work a n...