The skyline operator returns from a set of multi-dimensional objects a subset of superior objects that are not dominated by others. This operation is considered very important in ...
A "sparse" data set typically has hundreds or even thousands of attributes, but most objects have non-null values for only a small number of these attributes. A popular ...
Eric Chu, Jennifer L. Beckmann, Jeffrey F. Naughto...
The paper investigates XML document speci cations with DTDs and integrity constraints, such as keysand foreign keys. We study the consistency problem of checking whether a given s...
Microaggregation is one of the most employed microdata protection methods. The idea is to build clusters of at least k original records, and then replace them with the centroid of...
Methods to assess and ensure system usability are becoming increasingly important as market edge becomes less dependent on function and more dependent on ease of use, and as recog...