The performance of XML database queries can be greatly enhanced by rewriting them using materialized views. We study the problem of rewriting a query using materialized views, whe...
We present a data model for movies and movie databases. A movie is considered to be a 2-dimensional semialgebraic figure that can change in time. We give a number of computabilit...
Faceted classification allows one to model applications with complex classification hierarchies using orthogonal dimensions. Recent work has examined the use of faceted classi...
There is a massive increase of information available on electronic networks. This profusion of resources on the WorldWide Web gave rise to considerable interest in the research co...
Abstract. Extension of the relational database model to represent complex data has been a focus of much research in recent years. At the same time, an alternative extension of the ...