Inductive databases (IDBs) have been proposed to afford the problem of knowledge discovery from huge databases. With an IDB the user/analyst performs a set of very different operat...
Given a set of n query points in a general metric space, a metricspace skyline (MSS) query asks what are the closest points to all these query points in the database. Here, consid...
— Constraints play an important role in the efficient query evaluation in deductive databases. In this paper, constraint-based query evaluation in deductive databases is investi...
While the information published in the form of XML-compliant documents keeps fast mounting up, efficient and effective query processing and optimization for XML have now become mor...
Although design metaphors play an important role in many software projects, their influence on system functionality, project methodology and the interactions among members of the ...