This paper extends relational processing and optimization to the FISQL/FIRA languages for dynamic schema queries over multidatabases. Dynamic schema queries involve the creation a...
While much recent research has focussed on extending databases beyond the traditional relational model, relatively little has been done to develop database tools for querying data...
As data of an unprecedented scale are becoming accessible, skyline queries have been actively studied lately, to retrieve “interesting” data objects that are not dominated by a...
Recent technology advances have enabled mediated query processing with Internet accessible WebSources. A characteristic of WebSources is that their access costs exhibit transient ...
Given a region qR and a future timestamp qT, a "range aggregate" query estimates the number of objects expected to appear in qR at time qT. Currently the only methods fo...