The window query model is widely used in data stream management systems where the focus of a continuous query is limited to a set of the most recent tuples. In this dissertation, ...
Modern digital libraries require user-friendly and yet responsive access to the rapidly growing, heterogeneous, and distributed collection of information sources. However, the inc...
A common criticism of database systems is that they are hard to query for users uncomfortable with a formal query language. To address this problem, form-based interfaces and keyw...
Eric Chu, Akanksha Baid, Xiaoyong Chai, AnHai Doan...
Although personalized search has been proposed for many years and many personalization strategies have been investigated, it is still unclear whether personalization is consistent...
Text documents often embed data that is structured in nature. By processing a text database with information extraction systems, we can define a variety of structured "relati...