View mechanisms, widely used in the relational databases, pose new questions in the object model which captures much more semantics. In this paper, we will focus on inheritance and...
In existing relational database systems, processing of group-by and computation of aggregate functions are always postponed until all joins are performed. In this paper, we presen...
As the XML model gets more popular, new needs arise to specify access control within XML model. Various XML access control models and enforcement methods have been proposed recentl...
Partitioning within a B-tree, based on an artificial leading key column and combined with online reorganization, can be exploited during external merge sort for accurate deep read...
Recently, there has been much interest in processing skyline queries for various applications that include decision making, personalized services, and search pruning. Skyline queri...
Justin J. Levandoski, Mohamed E. Khalefa, Mohamed ...