We describe the design and implementation of a new data layout scheme, called multi-dimensional clustering, in DB2 Universal Database Version 8. Many applications, e.g., OLAP and ...
For semantic query optimization one needs detailed knowledgeabout the contents of the database. Traditional techniquesuse static knowledgeabout all possible states of the database...
Fast retrieval of time series in terms of their contents is important in many application domains. This paper studies database techniques supporting fast searches for time series ...
materialized view selection is a non-trivial task. Hence, its complexity must be reduced. A judicious choice of views must be costdriven and influenced by the workload experienced...
Complex multimedia queries, aiming to retrieve from large databases those objects that best match the query specification, are usually processed by splitting them into a set of m ...
Ilaria Bartolini, Paolo Ciaccia, Vincent Oria, M. ...