We investigate the problem of ranking answers to a database query when many tuples are returned. We adapt and apply principles of probabilistic models from Information Retrieval f...
Dealing with large volumes of data, OLAP data cubes aggregated values are often spoiled by errors due to missing values in detailed data. This paper suggests to adjust aggregate an...
The rise of GPS and broadband-speed wireless devices has led to tremendous excitement about a range of applications broadly characterized as "location based services". Cu...
The use of semantic knowledge in its various forms has become an important aspect in managing data in database and information systems. In the form of integrity constraints, it ha...
Business-to-business (B2B) data exchange and integration is a common daily operation in today’s organizations. These operations are crucial since they affect organizations’ ca...