Index is an important element in databases, and the existence of index is unavoidable. When an index has been built on a particular attribute, database operations (e.g. selection,...
While many theoretical arguments against or in favor of open source and closed source software development have been presented, the empirical basis for the assessment of arguments...
A common vocabulary is vital to smooth business operation, yet codifying and maintaining an enterprise vocabulary is an arduous, manual task. We describe a process to automatically...
Abstract. We propose a scaleable multi-user benchmark called XMach-1 (XML Data Management benchmark) for evaluating the performance of XML data management systems. It is based on a...
Abstract. This paper introduces a higher-order lazy narrowing calculus (HOLN for short) that solves higher-order equations over the domain of simply typed λ-terms. HOLN is an exte...