We consider a fundamental problem in data structures, static predecessor searching: Given a subset S of size n from the universe [m], store S so that queries of the form “What i...
The range minimum query problem, RMQ for short, is to preprocess a sequence of real numbers A[1 . . . n] for subsequent queries of the form: “Given indices i, j, what is the ind...
Access to large numbers of data sources introduces new problems for users of heterogeneous distributed databases. End users and application programmers must deal with unavailable ...
Anthony Tomasic, Louiqa Raschid, Patrick Valduriez
— SQL is a classical and powerful tool for querying relational databases. However, it is rather hard for inexperienced users to pose SQL queries, as they are required to be proï¬...
Many real-time applications, such as traffic control systems, surveillance systems and health monitoring systems, need to operate on continuous unbounded streams of data. These ap...