We study the complexity of the problem of answering queries using materialized views. This problem has attracted a lot of attention recently because of its relevance in data integ...
It is today widely acceptedthat "Business Rules Independence" is required for information systemsto better and more rapidly adjust to changesin thebusinessenvironment,Th...
The paper introduces a model of the Web as an in nite, semistructured set of objects. We reconsider the classical notions of genericity and computability of queries in this new con...
This paper presents two algorithms for maintaining Btree index consistency in a DBMS which does not use write-ahead logging (WAL). One algorithm is similar to shadow paging, but i...
Graphical Direct Manipulation (GrDM) query languagesare characterized and positioned with respect to traditional textual query languages. After a brief survey of the current state...