Ranking queries produce results that are ordered on some computed score. Typically, these queries involve joins, where users are usually interested only in the top-k join results....
Research has investigated mappings among data sources under two perspectives. On one side, there are studies of practical tools for schema mapping generation; these focus on algor...
Giansalvatore Mecca, Paolo Papotti, Salvatore Raun...
We survey on the theoretical and practical developments of the theory of fuzzy logic and soft computing. Specifically, we briefly review the history and main milestones of fuzzy ...
Inma P. Cabrera, Pablo Cordero, Manuel Ojeda-Acieg...
When designing decentralised autonomic computing systems, a fundamental engineering issue is to assess systemwide behaviour. Such decentralised systems are characterised by the la...
Tom De Wolf, Giovanni Samaey, Tom Holvoet, Dirk Ro...
Most current image retrieval systems and commercial search engines use mainly text annotations to index and retrieve WWW images. This research explores the use of machine learning...