A database application differs form regular applications in that some of its inputs may be database queries. The program will execute the queries on a database and may use any re...
In this paper, we develop and test an approach to retrieving images from an image database based on content similarity. First, each picture is divided into many overlapping region...
This paper describes PATSy, an established interactive case-based system that provides students with access to virtual patients. PATSy has recently been extended by the addition o...
This paper motivates the need for a session state storage layer. Session state is used in a large class of applications. Existing session state storage solutions often rely on ad-...
IBM's SMART (Self-Managing And Resource Tuning) project aims to make DB2 selfmanaging, i.e. autonomic, to decrease the total cost of ownership and penetrate new markets. Over...