We consider the problem of computing optimal schedules in multi-agent systems. In these problems, actions of one agent can influence the actions of other agents, while the object...
Willem Jan van Hoeve, Carla P. Gomes, Bart Selman,...
In an object-relational database management system, a query optimizer requires users to provide cost models of userdefined functions. The traditional approach is analytical, that...
Skyline queries help users make intelligent decisions over complex data, where different and often conflicting criteria are considered. Current skyline computation methods are rest...
Ping Wu, Caijie Zhang, Ying Feng, Ben Y. Zhao, Div...
We develop a new schema for unstructured data. Traditional schemas resemble the type systems of programming languages. For unstructured data, however, the underlying type may be mu...
Peter Buneman, Susan B. Davidson, Mary F. Fernande...
Query optimizers in current database systems are designed to pick a single efficient plan for a given query based on current statistical properties of the data. However, different...
Pedro Bizarro, Shivnath Babu, David J. DeWitt, Jen...