Given a dataset P and a preference function f, a top-k query retrieves the k tuples in P with the highest scores according to f. Even though the problem is well-studied in convent...
We propose a template-based runtime invalidation approach for maintaining cache consistency in database-generated web contents. In our approach, the invalidator sits between a web...
This paper introduces a tangible user interface for browsing and retrieving images from an image database. The basis for the query to the image database is a color layout sketch, ...
Kresimir Matkovic, Thomas Psik, Ina Wagner, Werner...
We introduce a new, powerful class of text proximity queries: find an instance of a given "answer type" (person, place, distance) near "selector" tokens matchi...
We describe efficient algorithms for accurately estimating the number of matches of a small node-labeled tree, i.e., a twig, in a large node-labeled tree, using a summary data str...
Zhiyuan Chen, H. V. Jagadish, Flip Korn, Nick Koud...