Processing of top-k queries has been attracting considerable attention. Much of the work assumes distributed data, with each site holding a different set of attributes for the sam...
We introduce a new method for optimization of SQL queries with nested subqueries. The method is based on the idea of Boolean aggregates, aggregates that compute the conjunction or ...
The application of information retrieval techniques in interactive environments requires systems capable of efficiently processing vague queries. To reach reasonable response tim...
We consider the problem of querying XML documents which are not valid with respect to given DTDs. We propose a framework for measuring the invalidity of XML documents and compactly...
Comparisons between the merits of row-wise storage (NSM) and columnar storage (DSM) are typically made with respect to the persistent storage layer of database systems. In this pa...