Modeling objects by probability density functions (pdf) is a new powerful method to represent complex objects in databases. By representing an object as a pdf, e.g. a Gaussian, it...
In this paper, a method for content-based retrieval of JPEG images is presented, utilizing features directly from the discrete cosine transform (DCT) domain. Image indexing is ach...
Christos Theoharatos, Vassilios K. Pothos, George ...
A multilingual Internet-based employment advertisement system is described. Job ads are submitted as e-mailtexts, analysed by an example-based pattern matcher and stored in langua...
Harold L. Somers, Bill Black, Joakim Nivre, Torbj&...
Abstract-- This work presents a novel index structure, MHRtree, for efficiently answering approximate string match queries in large spatial databases. The MHR-tree is based on the ...
Bin Yao, Feifei Li, Marios Hadjieleftheriou, Kun H...
Efficient processing of aggregation queries is essential for decision support applications. This paper describes a class of query transformations, called eager aggregation and lat...