This paper introduces a new approach of approximating the selectivity of multimedia range queries. Estimating the selectivity of a range query is a pre-requisite to optimize a mul...
This paper describes our experience developing a semantically-rich exploratory interface that integrates a suite of Newsfilm media sources and associated information. Indeed, the a...
Daniel A. Smith, Alisdair Owens, m. c. schraefel, ...
A multimedia report is a multimedia presentation which integrates data returned by one or more queries to a multimedia database, thus extending the concept of report familiar in tr...
We develop a data integration approach for the efficient evaluation of queries over autonomous source databases. The approach is based on some novel applications and extensions of...