We consider the fundamental operation of applying a conjunction of selection conditions to a set of records. With large main memories available cheaply, systems may choose to keep...
Indexes play a vital role in decision support systems by reducing the cost of answering complex queries. A popular methodology for choosing indexes that is adopted by database adm...
Supporting ranking queries in database systems has been a popular research topic recently. However, there is a lack of study on supporting ranking queries in data warehouses where...
Given a dataset P and a preference function f, a top-k query retrieves the k tuples in P with the highest scores according to f. Even though the problem is well-studied in convent...
Background: Sequence comparison is one of the most prominent tools in biological research, and is instrumental in studying gene function and evolution. The rapid development of hi...
Tomer Shlomi, Daniel Segal, Eytan Ruppin, Roded Sh...