: Semi-structured data has become more and more attention-getting with the emergence of XML, and it has aroused much enthusiasm for integrating XML and SQL in database community. D...
Semantic query optimization (SQO) has been proved to be quite useful in various applications (e.g., data integration, graphical query generators, caching, etc.) and has been extens...
The ODMG proposal has helped to focus the work on object-oriented databases (OODBs) onto a common object model and query language. Nevertheless there are several shortcomings of t...
Complex relationships, frequently referred to as semantic associations, are the essence of the Semantic Web. Query and retrieval of semantic associations has been an important task...
Uncertainty pervades many domains in our lives. Current real-life applications, e.g., location tracking using GPS devices or cell phones, multimedia feature extraction, and sensor...
George Beskales, Mohamed A. Soliman, Ihab F. Ilyas