The VLDB Journal, Volume 8

Volume 8, Number 1, May 1999

• Zhe Li, Kenneth A. Ross:
  Fast Joins Using Join Indices. 1-24
  
• Theo Härder, Günter Sauter, Joachim Thomas:
  The Intrinsic Problems of Structural Heterogeneity and an Approach to Their Solution. 25-43
  
• Yueh-Min Huang, Jen-Wen Ding, Shiao-Li Tsao:
  Constant Time Permutation: An Efficient Block Allocation Strategy for Variable-Bit-Rate Continuous Media Data. 44-54
  
• Navin Kabra, David J. DeWitt:
  OPT++: An Object-Oriented Implementation for Extensible Database Query Optimization. 55-78
  

Volume 8, Number 2, 1999

• Natalija Krivokapic, Alfons Kemper, Ehud Gudes:
  Deadlock Detection in Distributed Database Systems: A New Algorithm and a Comparative Performance Analysis. 79-100
  
• Peter A. Boncz, Martin L. Kersten:
  MIL Primitives for Querying a Fragmented World. 101-119
  
• Goksel Aslan, Dennis McLeod:
  Semantic Heterogeneity Resolution in Federated Databases by Metadata Implantation and Stepwise Evolution. 120-132
  
• Kelvin Kwok-Wai Law, John C. S. Lui, Leana Golubchik:
  Efficient Support for Interactive Service in Multi-Resolution VOD Systems. 133-153
  

Volume 8 Numbers 3-4, February 2000

• Jennifer Widom, Oded Shmueli:
  Foreword by the VLDB '98 PC Chairmen: Best Papers of VLDB '98. 155
  
• Reinhard Braumandl, Jens Claußen, Alfons Kemper, Donald Kossmann:
  Functional-Join Processing. 156-177
  
• Binto George, Jayant R. Haritsa:
  Secure Bufering in Firm Real-Time Database Systems. 178-198
  
• Peter Muth, Patrick E. O'Neil, Achim Pick, Gerhard Weikum:
  The LHAM Log-Structured History Data Access Method. 199-221
  
• David Gibson, Jon M. Kleinberg, Prabhakar Raghavan:
  Clustering Categorical Data: An Approach Based on Dynamical Systems. 222-236
  
• Edwin M. Knorr, Raymond T. Ng, V. Tucakov:
  Distance-Based Outliers: Algorithms and Applications. 237-253
  
• Flip Korn, Alexandros Labrinidis, Yannis Kotidis, Christos Faloutsos:
  Quantifiable Data Mining Using Ratio Rules. 254-266
  

• Kristian Torp, Christian S. Jensen, Richard T. Snodgrass:
  Effective Timestamping in Databases. 267-288
  
• Gholamhosein Sheikholeslami, Surojit Chatterjee, Aidong Zhang:
  WaveCluster: A Wavelet Based Clustering Approach for Spatial Data in Very Large Databases. 289-304
  
• Esther Pacitti, Eric Simon:
  Update Propagation Strategies to Improve Freshness in Lazy Master Replicated Databases. 305-318
  
• Weifa Liang, Maria E. Orlowska, Jeffrey Xu Yu:
  Optimizing Multiple Dimensional Queries Simultaneously in Multidimensional Databases. 319-338