To locate a video clip in large collections is very important for retrieval applications, especially for digital rights management. In this paper, we present a novel technique for...
When query optimizers erroneously assume that database columns are statistically independent, they can underestimate the selectivities of conjunctive predicates by orders of magni...
Ihab F. Ilyas, Volker Markl, Peter J. Haas, Paul G...
The number of software systems is increasing at a rapid rate. For example, SourceForge currently has about sixty thousand software systems registered, twenty-two thousand of which...
Shinji Kawaguchi, Pankaj K. Garg, Makoto Matsushit...
Many Internet-based applications have adopted XML as the standard data exchange format. These XML data are typically stored in its native form, thus creating the need to present XM...
Getting synthetic faces to display natural facial expressions is essential to enhance the interaction between human users and virtual characters. Yet traditional facial control te...