Abstract. Controlled Query Evaluation (CQE) offers a logical framework to prevent a user of a database from inadvertently gaining knowledge he is not allowed to know. By modeling t...
We study the problem of finding efficient equivalent viewbased rewritings of relational queries, focusing on query optimization using materialized views under the assumption that ...
A top-N selection query against a relation is to find the N tuples that satisfy the query condition the best but not necessarily completely. In this paper, we propose a new method ...
Evaluating a traditional database query against a data tuple returns a true on match and a false on mismatch. Unfortunately, there are many application scenarios where such an eva...
In location-based services, it is common for a user to issue a query based on his/her current position. One such example is "find the available cabs within two miles of my cu...