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RECOMB
2003
Springer
16 years 6 months ago
Maximum entropy modeling of short sequence motifs with applications to RNA splicing signals
We propose a framework for modeling sequence motifs based on the maximum entropy principle (MEP). We recommend approximating short sequence motif distributions with the maximum en...
Gene W. Yeo, Christopher B. Burge
OSDI
2008
ACM
16 years 6 months ago
Avoiding File System Micromanagement with Range Writes
We introduce range writes, a simple but powerful change to the disk interface that removes the need for file system micromanagement of block placement. By allowing a file system t...
Ashok Anand, Sayandeep Sen, Andrew Krioukov, Flore...
VLDB
2007
ACM
137views Database» more  VLDB 2007»
16 years 6 months ago
Improving Data Quality: Consistency and Accuracy
Two central criteria for data quality are consistency and accuracy. Inconsistencies and errors in a database often emerge as violations of integrity constraints. Given a dirty dat...
Gao Cong, Wenfei Fan, Floris Geerts, Xibei Jia, Sh...
VLDB
2009
ACM
130views Database» more  VLDB 2009»
16 years 6 months ago
Multi-dimensional top-k dominating queries
Abstract The top-k dominating query returns k data objects which dominate the highest number of objects in a dataset. This query is an important tool for decision support since it ...
Man Lung Yiu, Nikos Mamoulis
SIGMOD
2008
ACM
150views Database» more  SIGMOD 2008»
16 years 6 months ago
Ranking queries on uncertain data: a probabilistic threshold approach
Uncertain data is inherent in a few important applications such as environmental surveillance and mobile object tracking. Top-k queries (also known as ranking queries) are often n...
Ming Hua, Jian Pei, Wenjie Zhang, Xuemin Lin