18. VLDB 1992: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Li-Yan Yuan (Ed.): 18th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases, August 23-27, 1992, Vancouver, Canada, Proceedings. Morgan Kaufmann, ISBN 1-55860-151-1

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  editor    = {Li-Yan Yuan},
  title     = {18th International Conference on Very Large Data Bases, August
               23-27, 1992, Vancouver, Canada, Proceedings},
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  year      = {1992},
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Parallel Database Systems

Jianzhong Li, Jaideep Srivastava, Doron Rotem:
CMD: A Multidimensional Declustering Method for Parallel Data Systems. 3-14
Ming-Syan Chen, Ming-Ling Lo, Philip S. Yu, Honesty C. Young:
Using Segmented Right-Deep Trees for the Execution of Pipelined Hash Joins. 15-26
David J. DeWitt, Jeffrey F. Naughton, Donovan A. Schneider, S. Seshadri:
Practical Skew Handling in Parallel Joins. 27-40

Applications

Tomasz Imielinski, B. R. Badrinath:
Querying in Highly Mobile Distributed Environments. 41-52
Wesley W. Chu, Ion Tim Ieong, Ricky K. Taira, Claudine M. Breant:
A Temporal Evolutionary Object-Oriented Data Model and Its Query Language for Medical Image Management. 53-64
Mansoor Ansari, Linda Ness, Marek Rusinkiewicz, Amit P. Sheth:
Using Flexible Transactions to Support Multi-System Telecommunication Applications. 65-76

Tutorial

Patrick Valduriez:
Object-Oriented Database Systems. 77

Query Optimization

Alfons Kemper, Guido Moerkotte, Michael Steinbrunn:
Optimizing Boolean Expressions in Object-Bases. 79-90
M. Muralikrishna:
Improved Unnesting Algorithms for Join Aggregate SQL Queries. 91-102
Yannis E. Ioannidis, Raymond T. Ng, Kyuseok Shim, Timos K. Sellis:
Parametric Query Optimization. 103-114

Data Models 1

Douglas Stott Parker Jr., Eric Simon, Patrick Valduriez:
SVP: A Model Capturing Sets, Lists, Streams, and Parallelism. 115-126
Joel E. Richardson:
Supporting Lists in a Data Model (A Timely Approach). 127-138
Robert L. Read, Donald S. Fussell, Abraham Silberschatz:
A Multi-Resolution Relational Data Model. 139-150

Replicated Data Management

Divyakant Agrawal, Amr El Abbadi:
Resilient Logical Structures for Efficient Management of Replicated Data. 151-162
Donald D. Chamberlin, Frank B. Schmuck:
Dynamic Data Distribution (D³) in a Shared-Nothing Multiprocessor Data Store. 163-174
Narayanan Krishnakumar, Arthur J. Bernstein:
High Throughput Escrow Algorithms for Replicated Databases. 175-186

Data Models 2

Elke A. Rundensteiner:
Multiview: A Methodology for Supporting Multiple Views in Object-Oriented Databases. 187-198
Kenneth Smith, Marianne Winslett:
Entity Modeling in the MLS Relational Model. 199-210
Suk Kyoon Lee:
An Extended Relational Database Model for Uncertain and Imprecise Information. 211-220

Tutorial

Hanan Samet:
Spatial Databases. 221

Panel

Paul G. Sorenson, Felipe Cariño, Jnan R. Dash, Patricia G. Selinger:
Database Management in the Year 2000: Projections and Star Gazing (Panel). 223

Deductive Database Systems

Toni Urpí, Antoni Olivé:
A Method for Change Computation in Deductive Databases. 225-237
Raghu Ramakrishnan, Divesh Srivastava, S. Sudarshan:
CORAL - Control, Relations and Logic. 238-250
Michael Kramer, Georg Lausen, Gunter Saake:
Updates in a Rule-Based Language for Objects. 251-262

Panel

Ekow J. Otoo, Ron Lake, Wo-Shun Luk, T. H. Merrett, Hanan Samet:
Georgraphic Information Systems, A Challenge for the 90's (Panel). 263

Multidatabase Systems

H. V. Jagadish, Oded Shmueli:
Proclamation-Based Model for Cooperating Transactions. 265-276
Weimin Du, Ravi Krishnamurthy, Ming-Chien Shan:
Query Optimization in a Heterogeneous DBMS. 277-291
Yoav Raz:
The Principle of Commitment Ordering, or Guaranteeing Serializability in a Heterogeneous Environment of Multiple Autonomous Resource Mangers Using Atomic Commitment. 292-312

Tutorial

Dennis Shasha, Steve Rozen:
Database Tuning. 313

Active Database Systems

Eric Simon, Jerry Kiernan, Christophe de Maindreville:
Implementing High Level Active Rules on Top of a Relational DBMS. 315-326
Narain H. Gehani, H. V. Jagadish, Oded Shmueli:
Composite Event Specification in Active Databases: Model & Implementation. 327-338
Stefano Ceri, Jennifer Widom:
Production Rules in Parallel and Distributed Database Environments. 339-351

Indexing

Justin Zobel, Alistair Moffat, Ron Sacks-Davis:
An Efficient Indexing Technique for Full Text Databases. 352-362
Christos Faloutsos, H. V. Jagadish:
On B-Tree Indices for Skewed Distributions. 363-374
Gennady Antoshenkov:
Random Sampling from Pseudo-Ranked B+ Trees. 375-382

Temporal Database Systems

T. Y. Cliff Leung, Richard R. Muntz:
Temporal Query Processing and Optimization in Multiprocessor Database Machines. 383-394
Shashi K. Gadia, Sunil S. Nair, Yiu-Cheong Poon:
Incomplete Information in Relational Temporal Databases. 395-406
Umeshwar Dayal, Gene T. J. Wuu:
A Uniform Approach to Processing Temporal Queries. 407-418

Database Performance

Seth J. White, David J. DeWitt:
A Performance Study of Alternative Object Faulting and Pointer Swizzling Strategies. 419-431
Axel Mönkeberg, Gerhard Weikum:
Performance Evaluation of an Adaptive and Robust Load Control Method for the Avoidance of Data-Contention Thrashing. 432-443
Chee Yong Chan, Beng Chin Ooi, Hongjun Lu:
Extensible Buffer Management of Indexes. 444-454

Tutorial

John Mylopoulos, Thomas Rose:
Software Repositories. 455

Object-Oriented Databases

Qing Li, John L. Smith:
A Conceptual Model for Dynamic Clustering in Object Databases. 457-468
H. V. Jagadish, Xiaolei Qian:
Integrity Maintenance in Object-Oriented Databases. 469-480
Ling Liu, Robert Meersman:
Activity Model: A Declarative Approach for Capturing Communication Behavior in Object-Oriented Databases. 481-493

Panel

Matthew Morgenstern:
Database Technology for Reliable Systems: Issues, Impact, and Approaches (Panel). 495

Transaction Management

Paul M. Bober, Michael J. Carey:
Multiversion Query Locking. 497-510
Betty Salzberg, Allyn Dimock:
Principles of Transaction-Based On-Line Reorganization. 511-520

Main Memory Database Systems

Annita N. Wilschut, Jan Flokstra, Peter M. G. Apers:
Parallelism in a Main-Memory DBMS: The Performance of PRISMA/DB. 521-532
Vibby Gottemukkala, Tobin J. Lehman:
Locking and Latching in a Memory-Resident Database System. 533-544

Tutorial

Marek Rusinkiewicz, Amit P. Sheth:
Multidatabase Applications: Semantic and System Issues. 545

Knowledge Discovery

Jiawei Han, Yandong Cai, Nick Cercone:
Knowledge Discovery in Databases: An Attribute-Oriented Approach. 547-559
Rakesh Agrawal, Sakti P. Ghosh, Tomasz Imielinski, Balakrishna R. Iyer, Arun N. Swami:
An Interval Classifier for Database Mining Applications. 560-573
Fausto Rabitti, Pasquale Savino:
An Information-Retrieval Approach for Image Databases. 574-584

Client-Server Architectures

Dennis Heimbigner:
Experiences With an Object Manager for a Process-Centered Environment. 585-595
Michael J. Franklin, Michael J. Carey, Miron Livny:
Global Memory Management in Client-Server Database Architectures. 596-609
Alex Delis, Nick Roussopoulos:
Performance and Scalability of Client-Server Database Architectures. 610-623

Tutorial

Alejandro P. Buchmann:
Data Management for Real-Time Systems. 625