In this paper we study how to refresh a local copy of an autonomous data source to maintain the copy up-to-date. As the size of the data grows, it becomes more difficult to mainta...
We propose a new storage model called MBSM (Multiresolution Block Storage Model) for laying out tables on disks. MBSM is intended to speed up operations such as scans that are typ...
In this paper, we propose a schema version model which allows to restructure complex object hierarchy in object-oriented databases. This model extends a schema version model, call...
Abstract. We describe a system designed to provide database programming support for Oberon programmers. The system is based on a generic object-oriented data model which supports r...
Advances in geographical information systems (GIS) and supporting data collection technology has resulted in the rapid collection of a huge amount of spatial data. However, known ...