Most operations of the relational algebra or SQL require a sorted stream of tuples for efficient processing. Therefore, processing complex relational queries relies on efficient a...
Query by example of multimedia signals aims at automatic retrieval of media samples from a database, which are similar to a userprovided example. This paper proposes a method for ...
Continuous spatial queries posted within an environment of moving objects produce as their results a time-varying set of objects. In the most ambitious case both queries and data ...
Yu-Ling Hsueh, Roger Zimmermann, Haojun Wang, Wei-...
Bitmap indexes are widely used in Decision Support Systems (DSSs) to improve query performance. In this paper, we evaluate the use of compressed inverted indexes with adapted quer...
Abstract. Sharing of structured data in decentralized environments is a challenging problem, especially in the absence of a global schema. Social network structures map network lin...
Verena Kantere, Dimitrios Tsoumakos, Timos K. Sell...