Query optimizers that explore a search space exhaustively using transformation rules usually apply all possible rules on each alternative, and stop when no new information is prod...
We consider visual category recognition in the framework of measuring similarities, or equivalently perceptual distances, to prototype examples of categories. This approach is qui...
Alexander C. Berg, Hao Zhang 0003, Jitendra Malik,...
Entity matching (a.k.a. record linkage) plays a crucial role in integrating multiple data sources, and numerous matching solutions have been developed. However, the solutions have...
Warren Shen, Pedro DeRose, Long Vu, AnHai Doan, Ra...
It is widely realized that the integration of database and information retrieval techniques will provide users with a wide range of high quality services. In this paper, we study ...
Bolin Ding, Jeffrey Xu Yu, Shan Wang, Lu Qin, Xiao...
Many scientific applications generate massive volumes of data through observations or computer simulations, bringing up the need for effective indexing methods for efficient stora...