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ICDE
2007
IEEE
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Towards Adaptive Costing of Database Access Methods
Most database query optimizers use cost models to identify good query execution plans. Inaccuracies in the cost models can cause query optimizers to select poor plans. In this pap...
Ye Qin, Kenneth Salem, Anil K. Goel
KSEM
2007
Springer
15 years 11 months ago
An Argumentative Reasoning Service for Deliberative Agents
Abstract. In this paper we propose a model that allows agents to deliberate using defeasible argumentation, to share knowledge with other agents, and to represent individual knowle...
Alejandro Javier García, Nicolás D. ...
PVM
2007
Springer
15 years 11 months ago
(Sync|Async)+ MPI Search Engines
We propose a parallel MPI search engine that is capable of automatically switching between asynchronous message passing and bulk-synchronous message passing modes of operation. Whe...
Mauricio Marín, Veronica Gil Costa
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SEMWEB
2007
Springer
15 years 11 months ago
How Useful Are Natural Language Interfaces to the Semantic Web for Casual End-Users?
Natural language interfaces offer end-users a familiar and convenient option for querying ontology-based knowledge bases. Several studies have shown that they can achieve high ret...
Esther Kaufmann, Abraham Bernstein
IDEAS
2006
IEEE
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SURCH: Distributed Aggregation over Wireless Sensor Networks
In this paper, we present SURCH, a novel decentralized algorithm for efficient processing of queries generated in sensor networks. Unlike existing techniques, SURCH is fully dist...
Xingbo Yu, Sharad Mehrotra, Nalini Venkatasubraman...