A top-k query combines different rankings of the same set of objects and returns the k objects with the highest combined score according to an aggrega...
This editorial analyzes from a variety of perspectives the controversial issue of single-blind versus double-blind reviewing. In single-blind reviewin...
In this article, we introduce pseudoconstraints, a novel data mining pattern aimed at identifying rare events in databases. At first, we formally defi...
Hash join algorithms suffer from extensive CPU cache stalls. This article shows that the standard hash join algorithm for disk-oriented databases (i.e...
This paper deals with the problem of safety verification of nonlinear hybrid systems.We start from a classical method that uses interval arithmetic to...