Path traversals have been recognized as one of the strengths of object-oriented query processing as object retrieval can be carried out through pointer navigation. Apart from path...
Data and computations of a CAD system have been wrapped by a mediator system using CORBA's IIOP Protocol. This allows ad hoc declarative mediator queries to be translated into...
In this paper we introduce generalized projections (GPs), an extension of duplicateeliminating projections, that capture aggregations, groupbys, duplicate-eliminating projections ...
We address the problem of finding parallel plans for SQL queries using the two-phase approach of join ordering and query rewrite (JOQR) followed by parallelization. We focus on t...
The skyline query, as an important operator in databases for multi-preference analysis and decision making, has received much attention recently due to its wide application backgr...