Partial information in databases can arise when information from several databases is combined. Even if each database is complete for some \world", the combined databases wil...
Moving objects are currently represented in databases by means of an explicit representation of their trajectory. However from a physical point of view, or more specifically accor...
: Parallel database systems aim at providing high throughput for OLTP transactions as well as short response times for complex and data-intensive queries. Shared nothing systems re...
Global clustering has rarely been investigated in the area of spatial database systems although dramatic performance improvements can be achieved by using suitable techniques. In ...
The emergence of data rich domains has led to an exponential growth in the size and number of data repositories, offering exciting opportunities to learn from the data using machin...