For semantic query optimization one needs detailed knowledgeabout the contents of the database. Traditional techniquesuse static knowledgeabout all possible states of the database...
—It has been a long way since the beginnings of metric space searching, where people coming from algorithmics tried to apply their background to this new paradigm, obtaining vari...
It is well known that local patterns are at the core of a lot of knowledge which may be discovered from data. Nevertheless, use of local patterns is limited by their huge number an...
— Underwater acoustic communication networks have attracted attention for its applications in many areas such as mine warfare, rapid environmental assessment or search and rescue...
The advancement of GIS data models to allow the eOEective utilization of very large heterogeneous geographic databases requires a new approach that incorporates models of human cog...