Entity resolution (ER) identifies database records that refer to the same real world entity. In practice, ER is not a one-time process, but is constantly improved as the data, sc...
Optimization of join queries based on average selectivities is suboptimal in highly correlated databases. In such databases, relations are naturally divided into partitions, each ...
Kostas Tzoumas, Amol Deshpande, Christian S. Jense...
Semantic wikis and other modern knowledge management systems deviate from traditional knowledge bases in that information ranges from unstructured (wiki pages) over semi-formal (ta...
Klara A. Weiand, Steffen Hausmann, Tim Furche, Fra...
In an outsourced database framework, clients place data management with specialized service providers. Of essential concern in such frameworks is data privacy. Potential clients ar...
This article presents an algorithm for the automatic detection of circular shapes from complicated and noisy images without using the conventional Hough transform methods. The prop...