Abstract. The popularity of handheld devices has created a flurry of research activity into new protocols and applications that can handle and exploit the defining characteristic...
Andrew G. Miklas, Kiran K. Gollu, Kelvin K. W. Cha...
Good cardinality estimates are critical for generating good execution plans during query optimization. Complex predicates, correlations between columns, and user-defined functions...
Considering a broad definition for service contracts (beyond web services and software, e.g. airline tickets and insurance policies), we tackle the challenges of building a high ...
XML is fast emerging as the dominant standard for representing data in the World Wide Web. Sophisticated query engines that allow users to effectively tap the data stored in XML d...
Jayavel Shanmugasundaram, Kristin Tufte, Chun Zhan...
In E-commerce processes, various rules and constraints regarding product specifications, pricing, terms and conditions are exchanged between vendors and buyers. Developing a forma...
Mizuho Iwaihara, Masayuki Kozawa, Jun Narazaki, Ya...