Wide-area distribution raises significant performance problems for traditional query processing techniques as data access becomes less predictable due to link congestion, load imb...
A query considered in isolation offers limited information about a searcher's intent. Query context that considers pre-query activity (e.g., previous queries and page visits)...
In the last decade, spatio-temporal database research focuses on the design of effective and efficient indexing structures in support of location-based queries such as predictive...
Traditional DBMSs decouple statistics collection and query optimization both in space and time. Decoupling in time may lead to outdated statistics. Decoupling in space may cause s...
Amr El-Helw, Ihab F. Ilyas, Wing Lau, Volker Markl...
Index structures are designed to optimize search performance, while at the same time supporting efficient data updates. Although not explicit, existing index structures are typica...