We consider the problem of creating a sample view of a database table. A sample view is an indexed, materialized view that permits efficient sampling from an arbitrary range query...
This paper addresses a fundamental and challenging problem with broad applications: efficient processing of region-based promotion queries, i.e., to discover the top-k most inter...
: Many companies have recognized the strategic importance of the knowledge hidden in their large databases and have built data warehouses. Typically, updates are collected and appl...
In order to let software programs gain full benefit from semi-structured web sources, wrapper programs must be built to provide a “machine-readable” view over them. A signific...
This paper examines how computation can be mapped across the nodes of a distributed search system to effectively utilize available resources. We specifically address computationa...
Larry Huston, Alex Nizhner, Padmanabhan Pillai, Ra...