Ranking queries produce results that are ordered on some computed score. Typically, these queries involve joins, where users are usually interested only in the top-k join results....
As scientific research becomes more data intensive, there is an increasing need for scalable, reliable, and high performance storage systems. Such data repositories must provide b...
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Object relationships in modern software systems are becoming increasingly numerous and complex. Programmers who try to find violations of such relationships need new tools that al...
Extending relational database functionality to include data mining primitives is one step towards the greater goal of more closely integrated database and mining systems. This pape...
Many users and applications require the integration of semi-structured data from autonomous, heterogeneous Web sources. Over the last years mediator systems have emerged that use d...