VLDB
1997
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
1997
ACM
We present a multi-dimensional database model, which we believe can serve as a conceptual model for On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP)-based applications. Apart from providing t...
VLDB
1997
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
1997
ACM
Many sources on the Internet and elsewhere rank the objects in query results according to how well these objects match the original query. For example, a real-estate agent might r...
VLDB
1997
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
1997
ACM
Scheduling query execution plans is a particularly complex problem in hierarchical parallel systems, where each site consists of a collection of local time-shared (e.g., CPU(s) or...
VLDB
1997
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
1997
ACM
In semistructured databases there is no schema fixed in advance. To provide the benefits of a schema in such environments, we introduce DataGuides: concise and accurate structural...
VLDB
1997
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
1997
ACM
VLDB
1997
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
1997
ACM
The goal of a mediator system is to provide users a uniform interface to the multitude of information sources. To translate user queries, given in a mediated schema, to queries on...
VLDB
1997
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
1997
ACM
The enhanced pay-per-view (EPPV) model for providing continuous-media-on-demand(CMOD) services associates with each continuous media clip a display frequency that dependson the cl...
VLDB
1997
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
1997
ACM
Data is often stored in summarized form, as a histogram of aggregates (COUNTs, SUMs, or AVeraGes) over speci ed ranges. We study how to estimate the original detail data from the ...
VLDB
1997
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
1997
ACM
In this paper, we present and evaluate alternative techniques to effect the use of location-independent identiļ¬ers in distributed database systems. Location-independent identiļ¬...
VLDB
1997
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
1997
ACM
In recentyears,databaseresearchandproduct developmentactivities havefocusedonsupport for non-traditional data types, such astext or multi-media documents.This paper describes an a...