Digital libraries are a core information technology. When the stored data is complex, e.g. high-resolution images or molecular protein structures, simple query types like the exac...
The Java language incurs a runtime overhead for exception checks and object accesses without an interior pointer in order to ensure safety. It also requires type inclusion test, d...
In this paper, we describe our recent experiences in adding a number of object-relational extensions to the DB2 Universal Database UDB system as part of a research and developme...
Michael J. Carey, Donald D. Chamberlin, Srinivasa ...
During the 1980's there was a lot of activity in the area of Statistical Databases, focusing mostly on socio-economic type applications, such as census data, national product...
Multimedia information systems are based on the evolving capability of computers to handle diverse types of information. Their most important characteristic is the integration of ...