Main memory is a critical resource when processing non-blocking queries with state intensive operators that require real-time responses. While partitioned parallel processing can ...
Emergencies happen frequently and handling them effectively is necessary. In many cases, emergencies are treated by a static procedure, without considering the requirements of th...
User-defined preferences allow personalized ranking of query results. A user provides a declarative specification of his/her preferences, and the system is expected to use that ...
Querying semantically related data sources depends on the ability to map between their schemas. Unfortunately, in most cases matching between schema is still largely performed man...
Fabien Duchateau, Zohra Bellahsene, Mark Roantree,...
The discovery of a person’s personally important places involves obtaining the physical locations for a person’s places that matter to his daily life and routines. This proble...