The relative logical scope of multiple modifiers within NP is often semantically significant. This paper proposes a structurally based method for computing the relative scope of s...
A fundamental problem in information integration is that of designing the relationships, called schema mappings, between two schemas. The specification of a semantically correct sc...
We study containment and equivalence of (unions of) conjunctive queries on relations annotated with elements of a commutative semiring. Such relations and the semantics of positiv...
Rule bases are increasingly being used as repositories of knowledge content on the Semantic Web. As the size and complexity of these rule bases s, developers and end users need met...
The variety and heterogeneity of legacy systems at the application level have contributed to the complexity of interoperability provision among different application domains. In t...