We describe Occam, a query planning algorithm that determines the best way to integrate data from dierent sources. As input, Occam takes a library of site descriptions and a user ...
Adaptable similarity queries based on quadratic form distance functions are widely popular in data mining application domains including multimedia, CAD, molecular biology or medica...
This paper introduces COLT (Continuous On-Line Tuning), a novel framework that continuously monitors the workload of a database system and enriches the existing physical design wi...
Karl Schnaitter, Serge Abiteboul, Tova Milo, Neokl...
SQL in the IBM® DB2® Universal Database™ for Linux®, UNIX®, and Windows® (DB2 UDB) database management product has been extended to support nested INSERT, UPDATE, and DELET...
The design of external index structures for one- and multidimensional extended objects is a long and well studied subject in basic database research. Today, more and more commercia...