In this paper, we propose a simple and flexible execution model that (i) supports a wide spectrum of alternative optimization and execution strategies and their mixtures, (ii) pro...
Yijian Bai, Hetal Thakkar, Haixun Wang, Carlo Zani...
Structured Query Language (SQL) is the dominant language for querying relational databases today, and is an essential topic in introductory database courses in higher education. E...
XQuery is widely used for querying XML documents. Within this paper, we examine optimization rules for XQuery queries that exploit type information of the input XML document given ...
In this paper, we report a decentralized algorithm, termed ImmuneSearch, for searching p2p networks. ImmuneSearch avoids query message flooding; instead it uses an immune-systems-...
: The biomedical literature is growing at an ever-increasing rate, which pronounces the need to support scientists with advanced, automated means of accessing knowledge. We investi...