In line with the insight that “one size” of databases will not fit all application needs [19], the database community is currently exploring various alternatives to commodity...
Process models are considered to be a major asset in modern business organizations. They are expected to apply to all the possible business contexts in which the process may be exe...
One of the most powerful features of SQL is the use of nested queries. Most research work on the optimization of nested queries focuses on aggregate subqueries. However, the solut...
Abstract. One of the fundamental problems in relational database management is the handling of the join operation. Two of the problems are: 1) finding a page access sequence which...
Most database systems (DBMSs) today are operating on servers equipped with magnetic disks. In our contribution, we want to motivate the use of two emerging and striking technologi...