The Boolean semantics of SQL queries cannot adequately capture the "fuzzy" preferences and "soft" criteria required in non-traditional data retrieval applicati...
Chengkai Li, Min Wang, Lipyeow Lim, Haixun Wang, K...
To avoid insider attacks one cannot rely on access control to protect a database scheme. Encrypting the database is a better option. This paper describes a working prototype of an ...
Richard Brinkman, Berry Schoenmakers, Jeroen Doume...
Scaling up web applications requires distribution of load across multiple application servers and across multiple database servers. Distributing load across multiple application se...
Personalized database systems give users answers tailored to their personal preferences. While numerous preference evaluation methods for databases have been proposed (e.g., skylin...
Justin J. Levandoski, Mohamed F. Mokbel, Mohamed E...
While extensive work has been done on evaluating queries over tuple-independent probabilistic databases, query evaluation over correlated data has received much less attention eve...