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VLDB
1998
ACM
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Fast Image Retrieval Using Color-Spatial Information
Abstract. In this paper, we present an image retrieval system that employs both the color and spatial information of images to facilitate the retrieval process. The basic unit used...
Beng Chin Ooi, Kian-Lee Tan, Tat-Seng Chua, Wynne ...
VLDB
1998
ACM
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Advanced Data Processing in KRISYS: Modeling Concepts, Implementation Techniques, and Client/Server Issues
The increasing power of modern computers steadily opens up new application domains for advanced data processing such as engineering and knowledge-based applications. To meet their...
Stefan Deßloch, Theo Härder, Nelson Men...
VLDB
1998
ACM
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The Cubetree Storage Organization
Nick Roussopoulos, Yannis Kotidis
VLDB
1998
ACM
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Buffering and Read-Ahead Strategies for External Mergesort
The elapsed time for external mergesort is normally dominated by I/O time. This paper is focused on reducing I/O time during the merge phase. Three new buffering and readahead str...
Weiye Zhang, Per-Åke Larson
VLDB
1998
ACM
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Safely and Efficiently Updating References During On-line Reorganization
With today's demands for continuous availability of mission-critical databases, on-line reorganization is a necessity. In this paper we present a new on-Iine reorganization a...
Chendong Zou, Betty Salzberg
VLDB
1998
ACM
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From Data Independence to Knowledge Independence: An on-going Story
It is today widely acceptedthat "Business Rules Independence" is required for information systemsto better and more rapidly adjust to changesin thebusinessenvironment,Th...
Laurent Vieille
VLDB
1998
ACM
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Heterogeneous Database Query Optimization in DB2 Universal DataJoiner
Shivakumar Venkataraman, Tian Zhang
VLDB
1998
ACM
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The National Medical Knowledge Bank
This paper describes a massively parallel object relational (O/R) database used in an advanced development program to create a comprehensive medical information system called the ...
Warren Sterling