Selectivity estimation of path expressions in querying XML data plays an important role in query optimization. A path expression may contain multiple branches with predicates, each...
Abstract: In order to achieve efficient execution plans for queries comprising userdefined data types and predicates, the database system has to be provided with appropriate index ...
An unordered labeled tree is a tree in which each node has a string label and the parent-child relationship is significant, but the order among siblings is unimportant. This pape...
Dennis Shasha, Jason Tsong-Li Wang, Huiyuan Shan, ...
Decision Support Systems (DSS) are information systems that support decision making processes. In many scenarios these systems are built on top of data managed by DBMSs and make e...
Given a large number of search engines on the Internet, it is di cult for a person to determine which search engines could serve his/her information needs. A common solution is to...
King-Lup Liu, Clement T. Yu, Weiyi Meng, Adrian Sa...