Data integration is a significant challenge: relevant data objects are split across multiple information sources, and often owned by different organizations. The sources represent...
The performance of XML database queries can be greatly enhanced by rewriting them using materialized views. We study the problem of rewriting a query using materialized views, whe...
In this paper, we present methods for supporting autonomous updates in replicated databases. Autonomous updates are of particular importance to applications that cannot tolerate t...
Stefano Ceri, Maurice A. W. Houtsma, Arthur M. Kel...
Because performance is a crucial issue in database systems, data caching techniques have been studied in database research field, especially in client-server databases and distrib...
The study of gene function is critical in various genomic and proteomic fields. Due to the availability of tremendous amounts of different types of protein data, integrating thes...
Xiaoyu Jiang, Naoki Nariai, Martin Steffen, Simon ...