Queries containing outer joins are common in data warehousing applications. Materialized outer-join views could greatly speed up many such queries but most database systems do not...
Abstract. The Redundant Arrays of Inexpensive DWS Nodes (RAIN) technique is a node-level data replication approach that introduces failover capabilities to DWS (Data Warehouse Stri...
Jorge Vieira, Marco Vieira, Marco Costa, Henrique ...
In this demonstration paper we present MAPS, a novel system that combines approximate information retrieval and filtering functionality in a peer-to-peer setting. In MAPS, a user...
Christian Zimmer, Johannes Heinz, Christos Tryfono...
Abstract. The frameworks for protecting security and privacy can be effective only if common users--with no training in computer science or logic--increase their awareness and cont...
In this paper, we propose an agent-centric approach to resource description and selection in a multiagent information retrieval (IR). In the multiagent system, each agent learns f...