In implementations of non-standard database systems, large objects are often embedded within an aggregate of different types, i.e. a tuple. For a given size and access probabilit...
We consider the computational complexity of evaluating nested counterfactuals over a propositional knowledge base. Counterfactual implication models a statement "if p, then q...
W e discuss the modification of queries against an integrated view in a federation of object-oriented databases. W epresent a generalisation of existing algorithms for simple glob...
In the past few years, much attention has been paid to the study of semistructured data, i.e., data with irregular, possibly unstable, and rapidly changing structure, and, in part...
We present in this paper an approach for XQuery optimization that exploits minimization opportunities raised in composition-style nesting of queries. More precisely, we consider t...