The presence of encyclopedic Web sources, such as Wikipedia, the Internet Movie Database (IMDB), World Factbook, etc. calls for new querying techniques that are simple and yet mor...
Gjergji Kasneci, Fabian M. Suchanek, Georgiana Ifr...
This paper introduces the Tuple Graph (TuG) synopses, a new class of data summaries that enable accurate selectivity estimates for complex relational queries. The proposed summari...
Although keyword query enables inexperienced users to easily search XML database with no specific knowledge of complex structured query languages or XML data schemas, the ambigui...
We are witnessing an explosive increase in the complexity of the information systems we rely upon. Autonomic systems address this challenge by continuously configuring and tuning ...
Mariano P. Consens, Denilson Barbosa, Adrian M. Te...
When hosting XML information on relational backends, a mapping has to be established between the schemas of the information source and the target storage repositories. A rich body ...