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ICDE
2009
IEEE
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16 years 7 months ago
Semantics of Ranking Queries for Probabilistic Data and Expected Ranks
Abstract-- When dealing with massive quantities of data, topk queries are a powerful technique for returning only the k most relevant tuples for inspection, based on a scoring func...
Graham Cormode, Feifei Li, Ke Yi
BIRTHDAY
2004
Springer
15 years 11 months ago
A Trace Semantics for Long-Running Transactions
Abstract. A long-running transaction is an interactive component of a distributed system which must be executed as if it were a single atomic action. In principle, it should not be...
Michael J. Butler, C. A. R. Hoare, Carla Ferreira
FMCAD
2004
Springer
15 years 11 months ago
Proof Styles in Operational Semantics
Abstract. We relate two well-studied methodologies in deductive verification of operationally modeled sequential programs, namely the use of inductive invariants and clock functio...
Sandip Ray, J. Strother Moore
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DASFAA
2006
IEEE
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15 years 9 months ago
Dissemination of Dynamic Data: Semantics, Algorithms, and Performance
Abstract The Internet and the Web are increasingly used to disseminate fast changing data such as sensor data, traffic and weather information, stock prices, sports scores, and eve...
Krithi Ramamritham
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ESOP
2008
Springer
15 years 7 months ago
Just Forget It - The Semantics and Enforcement of Information Erasure
Abstract. There are many settings in which sensitive information is made available to a system or organisation for a specific purpose, on the understanding that it will be erased o...
Sebastian Hunt, David Sands