Histograms are typically used to approximate data distributions. Histograms and related synopsis structures have been successful in a wide variety of popular database applications...
Abstract. Semantic matching of schemas in heterogeneous data sharing systems is time consuming and error prone. Existing mapping tools employ semi-automatic techniques for mapping ...
Many applications compute aggregate functions over an attribute (or set of attributes) to find aggregate values above some specified threshold. We call such queries iceberg querie...
Min Fang, Narayanan Shivakumar, Hector Garcia-Moli...
In recent years, new developments in genetics have generated a lot of interest in genomic and proteomic data, investing international significance (and competition) in the fledgli...
Bit arrays, or bitmaps, are used to significantly speed up set operations in several areas, such as data warehousing, information retrieval, and data mining, to cite a few. Howeve...