We study the problem of answering spatial queries in databases where objects exist with some uncertainty and they are associated with an existential probability. The goal of a thre...
Xiangyuan Dai, Man Lung Yiu, Nikos Mamoulis, Yufei...
We consider a generalization of geometric range searching, with the goal of generating an informative "summary" of the objects contained in a query range via the applica...
Ravi Janardan, Prosenjit Gupta, Yokesh Kumar, Mich...
A number of techniques have been developed to facilitate powerful data retrieval on the Web and Semantic Web. Three categories of Web query languages can be distinguished, accordin...
The paper introduces a query tool which allows users (either database experts or non-specialist users) to visually formulate and execute spatial queries directed to large federal ...
This paper takes a closer look at Rivest's chaffing-and-winnowing paradigm for data privacy. We begin with a definition which enables one to clearly determine whether a given ...