Empowering users to access databases using simple keywords can relieve the users from the steep learning curve of mastering a structured query language and understanding complex a...
Query processing techniques for XML data have focused mainly on tree-pattern queries (TPQs). However, the need for querying XML data sources whose structure is very complex or not...
We describe the DAIMON system for data integration of nomadic data. DAIMON is based on an extension of the mediator-wrapper architecture, where each node is a mediator of its own ...
Constantinos V. Katsaros, Ioannis L. Niarhos, Vasi...
Selectivity estimation of path expressions in querying XML data plays an important role in query optimization. A path expression may contain multiple branches with predicates, each...
Well-designed indices can dramatically improve query performance. Including query workload information can produce indices that yield better overall throughput while balancing the...