There are two broad approaches to query evaluation over probabilistic databases: (1) Intensional Methods proceed by manipulating expressions over symbolic events associated with u...
Users often can not easily express their queries. For example, in a multimedia image by content setting, the user might want photographs with sunsets; in current systems, like QBI...
This paper introduces a new logical formalism, intended for temporal conceptual modelling, as a natural combination of the well-known description logic DLR and point-based linear ...
Most recommendation methods (e.g., collaborative filtering) consist of (1) a computationally intense offline phase that computes a recommender model based on users’ opinions o...
Justin J. Levandoski, Mohamed Sarwat, Mohamed F. M...
As the popularity of areas including document storage and distributed systems continues to grow, the demand for high performance XML databases is increasingly evident. This has le...