Unlike numerical preferences, preferences on attribute values do not show an inherent total order, but skyline computation has to rely on partial orderings explicitly stated by th...
Many applicationsstore data items for a pre-determined, finite length of time. Examples include slidingwindows over on-line data streams, where old data are dropped as the window...
Although the processing of data streams has been the focus of many research efforts in several areas, the case of remotely sensed streams in scientific contexts has received less...
Once a new gene has been sequenced, it must be verified whether or not it is similar to previously sequenced genes. In many cases, the organization that sequenced a potentially n...
With the growing importance of systems containing arbitrary semistructured relationships, the need for supporting users searching in such repositories has grown. Currently support...