We consider the use of a database cluster for Application Service Provider (ASP). In the ASP context, applications and databases can be update-intensive and must remain autonomous....
Abstract. This paper aims at providing a rigorous definition of selforganization, one of the most desired properties for dynamic systems (e.g., peer-to-peer systems, sensor networ...
Most operations of the relational algebra or SQL require a sorted stream of tuples for efficient processing. Therefore, processing complex relational queries relies on efficient a...
Discrimination discovery in databases consists in finding unfair practices against minorities which are hidden in a dataset of historical decisions. The DCUBE system implements t...
In existing database systems there is a strong need for searching data according to many attributes. In commercial database platforms, the standard search over multiple attributes...