In this paper we address the problem of minimizing the response time of a multi-way join query using pipelined (inter-operator) parallelism, in a parallel or a distributed environ...
To access data sources on the Web, a crucial step is wrapping, which translates query responses, rendered in textual HTML, back into their relational form. Traditionally, this pro...
Shui-Lung Chuang, Kevin Chen-Chuan Chang, ChengXia...
In applications of biometric databases the typical task is to identify individuals according to features which are not exactly known. Reasons for this inexactness are varying meas...
Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) applications are set to play an essential role in object tracking and supply chain management systems. In the near future, it is expected tha...
Hector Gonzalez, Jiawei Han, Xiaolei Li, Diego Kla...
A Web repository is a large special-purpose collection of Web pages and associated indexes. Many useful queries and computations over such repositories involve traversal and navig...