An optimization query asks for one or more data objects that maximize or minimize some function over the data set. We propose a general class of queries, model-based optimization ...
Modern scientific applications consume massive volumes of data produced by computer simulations. Such applications require new data management capabilities in order to scale to te...
Schemas, and more generally metadata specifying structural and semantic constraints, are invaluable in data management. They facilitate conceptual design and enable checking of da...
Peter M. Fischer, Kyumars Sheykh Esmaili, Ren&eacu...
Abstract: Cascade process, such as wastewater treatment plant, includes many nonlinear subsystems and many variables. When the number of sub-systems is big, the input-output relati...
Abstract: Quality issues and their connection with structural aspects of process models have been recently studied, but there is still a notable lack of research into quality aspec...