The problem of skyline computation has attracted considerable research attention. In the categorical domain the problem becomes more complicated, primarily due to the partially-or...
Nikos Sarkas, Gautam Das, Nick Koudas, Anthony K. ...
Increasing popularity of XML in recent years has generated much interest in query processing over graph-structured data. To support efficient evaluation of path expressions, many ...
We present a system that enables flexible and efficient phrase matching in XML documents. Since XML allows structured and unstructured information to be interleaved, phrase matchi...
In modern application domains such as multimedia, molecular biology and medical imaging, similarity search in database systems is becoming an increasingly important task. Especial...
Hans-Peter Kriegel, Stefan Brecheisen, Peer Kr&oum...
Ad hoc networks, being able to organize themselves without user intervention, can easily provide their users with mobility, multimedia support and group communication. However, the...