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ICALP
1995
Springer
15 years 9 months ago
1995
Springer
We consider the problem of preprocessing an n-vertex digraph with real edge weights so that subsequent queries for the shortest path or distance between any two vertices can be efï...
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VLDB
2004
ACM
15 years 11 months ago
2004
ACM
We investigate the problem of ranking answers to a database query when many tuples are returned. We adapt and apply principles of probabilistic models from Information Retrieval f...
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CL
2000
Springer
15 years 10 months ago
2000
Springer
In this paper, an algorithm for obtaining consistent answers to queries posed to inconsistent relational databases is presented. The algorith is proven to be sound, terminating and...
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NAACL
2007
15 years 7 months ago
2007
This paper addresses the task of providing extended responses to questions regarding specialized topics. This task is an amalgam of information retrieval, topical summarization, a...
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ICDE
2002
IEEE
15 years 11 months ago
2002
IEEE
We consider the use of data reduction techniques for the problem of approximate query answering. We focus on applications for which accurate answers to selective queries are requi...