Most people consider a database is merely a data repository that supports data storage and retrieval. Actually, a database contains rich, inter-related, multi-typed data and infor...
The integration of data from different sources often leads to the adoption of schemata that entail a loss of information in respect of one or more of the data sets being combined....
Motivation: A few years ago, FlyBase undertook to design a new database schema to store Drosophila data. It would fully integrate genomic sequence and annotation data with bibliog...
B-tree and index into two layers of abstraction. In addition, this paper provides algorithms for (i) concurrency control and recovery including locking of individual keys and of co...
In this paper, we present the design and implementation of Ovid, a browser for Grid-related information. The key goal of Ovid is to support the seamless navigation of users in the...
Marios D. Dikaiakos, A. Artemiou, George Tsouloupa...