A classical problem of imaging--the matting problem--is separation of a non-rectangular foreground image from a (usually) rectangular background image--for example, in a film fram...
Scheduling query execution plans is an important component of query optimization in parallel database systems. The problem is particularly complex in a shared-nothing execution en...
This paper presents a region splitting strategy for physical database design of multidimensional le organizations. Physical database design is the process of determining the optim...
Query optimizers that explore a search space exhaustively using transformation rules usually apply all possible rules on each alternative, and stop when no new information is prod...
To add time su port to the relational model, both first normal form (fNF and non-INF appmches have maining within 1NF when time support is added may introduce data redundancy. The...
Christian S. Jensen, Michael D. Soo, Richard T. Sn...