This paper introduces a new approach of approximating the selectivity of multimedia range queries. Estimating the selectivity of a range query is a pre-requisite to optimize a mul...
This paper investigates the use of programming language constructs to realize adaptive behavior in support of collaboration among users of wearable and handheld computers. A proto...
Philip K. McKinley, Seyed Masoud Sadjadi, Eric P. ...
The execution performance of an information gathering plan can suffer significantly due to remote I/O latencies. A streaming dataflow model of execution addresses the problem to s...
Time-referenced data are pervasive in most real-world databases. Recent advances in temporal query languages show that such database applications may benefit substantially from bu...
Giedrius Slivinskas, Christian S. Jensen, Richard ...
: This paper ANDROMEDA, an astronomical data mediation system that enables transparent access to astronomical data servers. Transparent access is achieved by a global view that exp...