The information resources on the Web are vast, but much of the Web is based on a browsing paradigm that requires someone to actively seek information. Instead, one would like to h...
Researchers are currently more interested in searching for fragments that are similar to a query, than a total data item that is similar to a query; the search interest is for &qu...
Punpiti Piamsa-nga, Nikitas A. Alexandridis, Sanan...
Creating executable semantic mappings is an important task for ontology-based information integration. Although it is argued that mapping tools may require interaction from humans ...
Database caching supports declarative query processing close to the application. Using a full-fledged DBMS as cache manager, it enables the evaluation of specific project-select-...
Flash memory affects not only storage options but also query processing. In this paper, we analyze the use of flash memory for database query processing, including algorithms that...
Goetz Graefe, Stavros Harizopoulos, Harumi A. Kuno...