In this paper we give a robust logical and computational characterisation of peer-to-peer (p2p) database systems. We first define a precise model-theoretic semantics of a p2p sys...
Enrico Franconi, Gabriel M. Kuper, Andrei Lopatenk...
Spatial objects other than points and boxes can be stored in spatial indexes, but the techniques usually require the use of approximations that can be arbitrarily bad. This leads ...
Query processing is one of the most, critical issues in Object-Oriented DBMSs. Extensible opt,imizers with efficient, search strategies require a cost model to select the most eff...
Georges Gardarin, Jean-Robert Gruser, Zhao-Hui Tan...
We give formulations for modal deductive databases and present a modal query language called MDatalog. We define modal relational algebras and give the seminaive evaluation algor...
Modern database systems increasingly make use of networked storage. This storage can be in the form of SAN's or in the form of shared-nothing nodes in a cluster. One type of a...