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ISPA
2007
Springer
15 years 8 months ago
Distributed Multi-source Regular Path Queries
Regular path queries are the building block of almost any mechanism for querying semistructured data. Despite the fact that the main applications of such data are distributed, ther...
Maryam Shoaran, Alex Thomo
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ICDT
1999
ACM
97views Database» more  ICDT 1999»
15 years 6 months ago
Optimizing Large Join Queries in Mediation Systems
In data integration systems, queries posed to a mediator need to be translated into a sequence of queries to the underlying data sources. In a heterogeneous environment, with sour...
Ramana Yerneni, Chen Li, Jeffrey D. Ullman, Hector...
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JCSS
2000
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15 years 1 months ago
Querying Spatial Databases via Topological Invariants
The paper investigates the use of topological annotations (called topological invariants) to answer topological queries in spatial databases. The focus is on the translation of to...
Luc Segoufin, Victor Vianu
EDBT
2004
ACM
155views Database» more  EDBT 2004»
16 years 1 months ago
Processing Unions of Conjunctive Queries with Negation under Limited Access Patterns
We study the problem of answering queries over sources with limited access patterns. The problem is to decide whether a given query Q is feasible, i.e., equivalent to an executable...
Alan Nash, Bertram Ludäscher
ICLP
2009
Springer
16 years 2 months ago
Using Histograms to Better Answer Queries to Probabilistic Logic Programs
Probabilistic logic programs (PLPs) define a set of probability distribution functions (PDFs) over the set of all Herbrand interpretations of the underlying logical language. When...
Matthias Broecheler, Gerardo I. Simari, V. S. Subr...