With the advent of XML as the de facto language for data publishing and exchange, scalable distribution of XML data to large, dynamic populations of consumers remains an important...
We address the issue of measuring storage, or query load distribution fairness in peer-to-peer data management systems. Existing metrics may look promising from the point of view ...
Routing in unstructured peer-to-peer systems relies either on broadcasting (also called flooding) or on routing indices. An approach using routing indices is only scalable if the...
The use of inaccurate or outdated database statistics by the query optimizer in a relational DBMS often results in a poor choice of query execution plans and hence unacceptably lo...
Ashraf Aboulnaga, Peter J. Haas, Sam Lightstone, G...
The strong dynamics of peer-to-peer networks, coupled with the diversity of peer vocabularies, makes query processing in peer database systems a very challenging task. In this pape...