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SIGMOD
2009
ACM
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16 years 6 months ago
Combining keyword search and forms for ad hoc querying of databases
A common criticism of database systems is that they are hard to query for users uncomfortable with a formal query language. To address this problem, form-based interfaces and keyw...
Eric Chu, Akanksha Baid, Xiaoyong Chai, AnHai Doan...
SIGMOD
2008
ACM
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16 years 6 months ago
On efficient top-k query processing in highly distributed environments
Lately the advances in centralized database management systems show a trend towards supporting rank-aware query operators, like top-k, that enable users to retrieve only the most ...
Akrivi Vlachou, Christos Doulkeridis, Kjetil N&osl...
PERCOM
2005
ACM
16 years 5 months ago
Supporting Topographic Queries in a Class of Networked Sensor Systems
Topographic querying is the process of extracting data from a sensor network for understanding the graphic delineation of features of interest in a terrain. Query processing techn...
Mitali Singh, Viktor K. Prasanna
INFOVIS
2003
IEEE
15 years 11 months ago
Empirical Comparison of Dynamic Query Sliders and Brushing Histograms
Dynamic queries facilitate rapid exploration of information by real-time visual display of both query formulation and results. Dynamic query sliders are linked to the main visuali...
Qing Li, Chris North
ICSOC
2003
Springer
15 years 11 months ago
Service-Based Distributed Querying on the Grid
Service-based approaches (such as Web Services and the Open Grid Services Architecture) have gained considerable attention recently for supporting distributed application developme...
M. Nedim Alpdemir, Arijit Mukherjee, Norman W. Pat...