Given the undeniable popularity of the Web, providing efficient and secure access to remote databases using a Web browser is crucial for the emerging cooperative information system...
Stavros Papastavrou, Panos K. Chrysanthis, George ...
In order to understand similarity between images, recent research has focused on adaptable searches [9] and fuzzy queries [4]. However, one of the best means for determining simil...
Gregory D. Speegle, Allen M. Gao, Shaowen Hu, Le G...
In this paper we study how to refresh a local copy of an autonomous data source to maintain the copy up-to-date. As the size of the data grows, it becomes more difficult to mainta...
This paper addresses the problem of finding the K closest pairs between two spatial data sets, where each set is stored in a structure belonging in the R-tree family. Five diffe...
Antonio Corral, Yannis Manolopoulos, Yannis Theodo...
Data consistency in transactional federations is a key requirement of advanced E-service applications on the Internet, such as electronic auctions or real-estate purchase. Federat...