Pattern matching mechanisms based on regular expressions feature in a number of recent languages for processing XML. The flexibility of these mechanisms demands novel approaches ...
Abstract. Schema integration is the activity of providing a unified representation of multiple data sources. The core problems in schema integration are: schema matching, i.e. the...
Matteo Magnani, Nikos Rizopoulos, Peter McBrien, D...
Similarity queries in traditional databases work directly on attribute values. But, often similar attribute values do not indicate similar meanings. Semantic background information...
Abstract. Recent proposals have shown that database replication providing 1copy-serializability can have excellent performance in LAN environments by using powerful multicast primi...
We present an inherently discriminative approach to face recognition. This is achieved by automatically selecting key points from lines that sketch the face and extracting textural...