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ICDE
2009
IEEE
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13 years 2 months ago
Metric Functional Dependencies
When merging data from various sources, it is often the case that small variations in data format and interpretation cause traditional functional dependencies (FDs) to be violated,...
Nick Koudas, Avishek Saha, Divesh Srivastava, Sure...
SIGMOD
2007
ACM
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14 years 5 months ago
Progressive and selective merge: computing top-k with ad-hoc ranking functions
The family of threshold algorithm (i.e., TA) has been widely studied for efficiently computing top-k queries. TA uses a sort-merge framework that assumes data lists are pre-sorted...
Dong Xin, Jiawei Han, Kevin Chen-Chuan Chang
ER
2006
Springer
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13 years 8 months ago
Preference Functional Dependencies for Managing Choices
Abstract. The notion of user preference in database modeling has recently received much attention in advanced applications, such as personalization of e-services, since it captures...
Wilfred Ng
CIKM
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
Automatic schema merging using mapping constraints among incomplete sources
Schema merging is the process of consolidating multiple schemas into a unified view. The task becomes particularly challenging when the schemas are highly heterogeneous and autono...
Xiang Li 0002, Christoph Quix, David Kensche, Sand...