While provenance has been extensively studied in the literature, the efficient evaluation of provenance queries remains an open problem. Traditional query optimization techniques...
Probabilistic data have recently become popular in applications such as scientific and geospatial databases. For images and other spatial datasets, probabilistic values can capture...
We investigate a class of path constraints that is of interest in connection with both semistructured and structured data. In standard database systems, constraints are typically ...
If you were told that some object A was perfectly (or somewhat, or not at all) in some direction (e.g., west, above-right) of some reference object B, where in space would you loo...
Abstract. XML provides a natural mechanism for representing semistructured and unstructured data. It becomes the basis for encoding a large variety of information, for example, the...