We study the problem of querying data sources that accept only a limited set of queries, such as sources accessible by Web services which can implement very large (potentially inf...
This thesis investigates the question whether and how ontologies such as the ones currently evolving in the Semantic Web can serve as knowledge structures for the generation of que...
: Recursive queries are required in many object-oriented database applications. Among them we can mention Bill-Of-Material (BOM), stock market dependencies, various kinds of networ...
Tomasz Pieciukiewicz, Krzysztof Stencel, Kazimierz...
Current relational databases require that a database schema exist prior to data entry and require manual optimization for best performance. We describe the query optimization tech...
Scott M. Meyer, Jutta Degener, John Giannandrea, B...
Modern query optimizers select an efficient join ordering for a physical execution plan based essentially on the average join selectivity factors among the referenced tables. In ...