Query optimization is an integral part of relational database management systems. One important task in query optimization is selectivity estimation, that is, given a query P, we ...
In this paper, we explore a new paradigm for data management in which a third party service provider hosts "database as a service" providing its customers seamless mecha...
This paper presents an analytical model to study how working sets scale with database size and other applications parameters in decision-support systems (DSS). The model uses appl...
Parallel dataflow programming frameworks such as Map-Reduce are increasingly being used for large scale data analysis on computing clouds. It is therefore becoming important to a...
Mobile computing technology is developing rapidly due to the advantages of information access through mobile devices and the need to retrieve information at remote locations. Howe...