Abstract. Recent results in the Rio project at the University of Michigan show that it is possible to create an area of main memory that is as safe as disk from operating system cr...
Chorems are schematized representations of territories, and so they can represent a good visual summary of spatial databases. Indeed for spatial decision-makers, it is more importa...
Vincenzo Del Fatto, Robert Laurini, Karla Lopez, R...
Image retrieval has commonly been attempted using non-semantic approaches. It is clear though, that semantic retrieval is more desirable because it facilitates the user's tas...
We have investigated the use of an object database as a platform for storing and retrieving Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) documents. Qualitative studies convinced us...
A cooperative database allows the user to specify approximate or vague query conditions. A vague query requires the database system to rank the retrieved answers according to thei...