Abstract. Certain types of database-backed web sites heavily utilize userdefined functions in SQL queries. Unfortunately, existing web proxy caching schemes can not handle these fu...
Despite the importance of ranked queries in numerous applications involving multi-criteria decision making, they are not efficiently supported by traditional database systems. In ...
In this paper, we present a novel indexing data structure called RDHT (Range capable Distributed Hash Table) derived from skip lists and specifically designed for storing and retr...
Active learning techniques have gained popularity in reducing human effort to annotate data instances for inducing a classifier. When faced with large quantities of unlabeled dat...
Web service development and usage has shifted from simple information processing services to high-value business services that are crucial to productivity and success. In order to...