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DMSN
2005
ACM
15 years 5 months ago
The threshold join algorithm for top-k queries in distributed sensor networks
In this paper we present the Threshold Join Algorithm (TJA), which is an efficient TOP-k query processing algorithm for distributed sensor networks. The objective of a top-k query...
Demetrios Zeinalipour-Yazti, Zografoula Vagena, Di...
CORR
2002
Springer
135views Education» more  CORR 2002»
15 years 3 months ago
Minimal-Change Integrity Maintenance Using Tuple Deletions
We address the problem of minimal-change integrity maintenance in the context of integrity constraints in relational databases. We assume that integrity-restoration actions are li...
Jan Chomicki, Jerzy Marcinkowski
DEXAW
2007
IEEE
124views Database» more  DEXAW 2007»
15 years 7 months ago
XML Query Optimisation: Specify your Selectivity
The problem of efficiently evaluating XPath and XQuery queries has become increasingly significant since more and more XML data is stored in its native form. We propose a novel op...
Sven Hartmann, Sebastian Link
DEXA
2010
Springer
157views Database» more  DEXA 2010»
15 years 3 months ago
Containment of Conjunctive Queries with Negation: Algorithms and Experiments
We consider the containment problem for conjunctive queries with atomic negation. Firstly, we refine an existing algorithm based on homomorphism checks, which itself improves other...
Khalil Ben Mohamed, Michel Leclère, Marie-L...
WWW
2004
ACM
16 years 3 months ago
Is question answering an acquired skill?
We present a question answering (QA) system which learns how to detect and rank answer passages by analyzing questions and their answers (QA pairs) provided as training data. We b...
Ganesh Ramakrishnan, Soumen Chakrabarti, Deepa Par...