Continuous queries in a Data Stream Management System (DSMS) rely on time as a basis for windows on streams and for defining a consistent semantics for multiple streams and updata...
Abstract— In this paper, we propose an ontology specification for JavaBean programs, the object component model of Java. Our specification is written using the DAML+OIL languag...
The problems of query containment, equivalence, and minimization are recognized as very important in the context of query processing, specifically of query optimization. In their...
Execution plans produced by traditional query optimizers for data integration queries may yield poor performance for several reasons. The cost estimates may be inaccurate, the mem...
Given a set of keywords, we find a maximum Web query (containing the most keywords possible) that respects userdefined bounds on the number of returned hits. We assume a real-world...