A frequent dilemma in the design of a database programming language is the choice between a language with a rich set of tailored notations for schema definitions, query expression...
This paper presents a methodology to derive views over a relational database by applying a sequence of appropriately defined operations to the global schema. Such tailoring and com...
Feature selection, as a preprocessing step to machine learning, has been very effective in reducing dimensionality, removing irrelevant data, increasing learning accuracy, and imp...
Despite impressive advances in file system throughput resulting from technologies such as high-bandwidth networks and disk arrays, file system latency has not improved and in many...
Abstract. The continuing trend towards more sophisticated technical applications results in an increasing demand for high quality software for complex, safety-critical systems. Des...