Semantics represents a major problem area for active databases inasmuch as (i) there is l framework for defining the abstract semantics of active rules, and (ii) the various syst...
We propose a transaction model that provides a framework for transactions to cooperate without sacrificing serializability as a notion of correctness. Cooperation does not depend ...
Multi-level transactions are a variant of open nested transactions in which the subtransactions correspond to operations at different levels of a layered system architecture. The ...
Advances in computer and telecommunication technologies have made mobile computing a reality. However, greater mobility implies a more tenuous network connection and a higher rate...
Transaction delegation, as introduced in ACTA, allows a transaction to transfer responsibility for the operations that it has performed on an object to another transaction. Delega...