Abstract. Recent research showed the benefits of adopting formal ontologies as a means for accessing heterogeneous data sources. The use of an ontology not only provides a uniform...
The XML support in relational databases and the SQL/XML language are still relatively new as compared to purely relational databases and traditional SQL. Today, most database user...
Given a dataset containing sensitive personal information, a statistical database answers aggregate queries in a manner that preserves individual privacy. We consider the problem ...
An important issue arising from Peer-to-Peer applications is how to accurately and efficiently retrieve a set of K best matching data objects from different sources while minimizi...
Abstract-- Neurobiology investigates how anatomical and physiological relationships in the nervous system mediate behavior. Molecular genetic techniques, applied to species such as...