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SIGMOD
2008
ACM
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On efficient top-k query processing in highly distributed environments
Lately the advances in centralized database management systems show a trend towards supporting rank-aware query operators, like top-k, that enable users to retrieve only the most ...
Akrivi Vlachou, Christos Doulkeridis, Kjetil N&osl...
SIGMOD
2007
ACM
181views Database» more  SIGMOD 2007»
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Progressive and selective merge: computing top-k with ad-hoc ranking functions
The family of threshold algorithm (i.e., TA) has been widely studied for efficiently computing top-k queries. TA uses a sort-merge framework that assumes data lists are pre-sorted...
Dong Xin, Jiawei Han, Kevin Chen-Chuan Chang
SIGMOD
2006
ACM
214views Database» more  SIGMOD 2006»
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aAqua: a database-backended multilingual, multimedia community forum
aAQUA is an online multilingual, multimedia Agricultural portal for disseminating information from and to rural communities. It answers farmers' queries based on the location...
Krithi Ramamritham, Anil Bahuman, Subhasri Duttagu...
SIGMOD
2001
ACM
221views Database» more  SIGMOD 2001»
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Adaptable Query Optimization and Evaluation in Temporal Middleware
Time-referenced data are pervasive in most real-world databases. Recent advances in temporal query languages show that such database applications may benefit substantially from bu...
Giedrius Slivinskas, Christian S. Jensen, Richard ...
EDBT
2008
ACM
140views Database» more  EDBT 2008»
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Dynamic skyline queries in metric spaces
Skyline query is of great importance in many applications, such as multi-criteria decision making and business planning. In particular, a skyline point is a data object in the dat...
Lei Chen 0002, Xiang Lian