A key step in the optimization of declarative queries over XML data is estimating the selectivity of path expressions, i.e., the number of elements reached by a specific navigatio...
Natasha Drukh, Neoklis Polyzotis, Minos N. Garofal...
In this paper, we present methods for supporting autonomous updates in replicated databases. Autonomous updates are of particular importance to applications that cannot tolerate t...
Stefano Ceri, Maurice A. W. Houtsma, Arthur M. Kel...
We describe PReMod, a new database of genomewide cis-regulatory module (CRM) predictions for both the human and the mouse genomes. The prediction algorithm, described previously i...
Vincent Ferretti, Christian Poitras, Dominique Ber...
Annotation is the process of supplementing data with additional information that was not part of the actual observation, but reflects post-facto comments and associations made by a...
Ordinary people have access to unprecedented volumes of information today. Researchers in the fields of information management (IM) and human-computer interaction (HCI) are reacti...