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ADBIS
2000
Springer
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Data Organization Issues for Location-Dependent Queries in Mobile Computing
We consider queries which originate from a mobile unit and whose result depends on the location of the user who initiates the query. Example of such a query is How many people are ...
Sanjay Kumar Madria, Bharat K. Bhargava, Evaggelia...
EDBT
1998
ACM
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Processing Complex Similarity Queries with Distance-Based Access Methods
Efficient evaluation of similarity queries is one of the basic requirements for advanced multimedia applications. In this paper, we consider the relevant case where complex similar...
Paolo Ciaccia, Marco Patella, Pavel Zezula
WEBDB
1998
Springer
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Interactive Query and Search in Semistructured Databases
Semistructured graph-based databases have been proposed as well-suited stores for World-Wide Web data. Yet so far, languages for querying such data are too complex for casual Web ...
Roy Goldman, Jennifer Widom
COMPGEOM
1994
ACM
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Query-Sensitive Ray Shooting
Ray (segment) shooting is the problem of determining the first intersection between a ray (directed line segment) and a collection of polygonal or polyhedral obstacles. In order t...
Joseph S. B. Mitchell, David M. Mount, Subhash Sur...
ESORICS
2006
Springer
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Privacy-Preserving Queries on Encrypted Data
Data confidentiality is a major concern in database systems. Encryption is a useful tool for protecting the confidentiality of sensitive data. However, when data is encrypted, perf...
Zhiqiang Yang, Sheng Zhong, Rebecca N. Wright