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  Vladimír Marík, Werner Retschitzegger, Olga Stepánková (Eds.): Database and Expert Systems Applications, 14th International Conference, DEXA 2003, Prague, Czech Republic, September 1-5, 2003, Proceedings. Springer 2003 Lecture Notes in Computer Science ISBN 3-540-40806-1

Invited Talk

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  Mukesh K. Mohania, Inderpal Narang: Policy Based Enterprise (Active) Information Integration. 1-7

XML I

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  Alun Butler, Liz Bacon, Mohamed T. Ibrahim: SOFT - Generating Highly Flexible Object Code from XML Specifications. 8-17
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  Hongsik Rho, Wen-Chi Hou, Dunren Che, Chih-Fang Wang: Querying Semistructured Data Efficiently. 18-27
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  Byron Choi, Malika Mahoui, Derick Wood: On the Optimality of Holistic Algorithms for Twig Queries. 28-37
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  Pierre-Alain Laur, Maguelonne Teisseire, Pascal Poncelet: AUSMS: An Environment for Frequent Sub-structures Extraction in a Semi-structured Object Collection. 38-45

Data Modeling

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  Stephan Lechner, Michael Schrefl: Defining Web Schema Transformers by Example. 46-56
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  Kuo Wang, Cristina Fierbinteanu, Mamoru Maekawa: A Conceptual Framework for Spatiotemporal Data Modeling. 57-66
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  Maurice van Keulen, Jochem Vonk, Arjen P. de Vries, Jan Flokstra, Henk Ernst Blok: Moa and the Multi-model Architecture: A New Perspective on XNF 2. 67-76
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  Daniel L. Moody: Entity Connectivity vs. Hierarchical Levelling as a Basis for Data Model Clustering: An Experimental Analysis. 77-87

XML II

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  Ling Feng, Tharam S. Dillon, Hans Weigand, Elizabeth Chang: An XML-Enabled Association Rule Framework. 88-97
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  Sang-Kyun Kim, Myungcheol Lee, Kyu-Chul Lee: Validation of XML Document Updates Based on XML Schema in XML Databases. 98-108
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  Ismael Sanz, Juan Manuel Pérez, Rafael Berlanga Llavori, María José Aramburu Cabo: XML Schemata Inference and Evolution. 109-118

Spatial Database Systems I

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  Annalisa Franco, Alessandra Lumini, Dario Maio: Bulk Loading the MKL-Tree. 119-128
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  Taewon Lee, Bongki Moon, Sukho Lee: Bulk Insertion for R-Tree by Seeded Clustering. 129-138
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  Myungsun Park, Sukho Lee: Optimizing Both Cache and Disk Performance of R-Trees. 139-147

XML III

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  Rajagopal Rajugan, Elizabeth Chang, Tharam S. Dillon, Ling Feng: XML Views: Part 1. 148-159
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  Quanzhong Li, Bongki Moon: Partition Based Path Join Algorithms for XML Data. 160-170
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  Sara Comai, Stefania Marrara, Letizia Tanca: Representing and Querying Summarized XML Data. 171-181
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  Ho Lam Lau, Wilfred Ng: Storing and Querying XML Data in the Nested Relational Sequence Database System. 182-191

Spatial Database Systems II

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  Xingbo Yu, Sharad Mehrotra: Capturing Uncertainty in Spatial Queries over Imprecise Data. 192-201
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  Anirban Mondal, Kazuo Goda, Masaru Kitsuregawa: Effective Load-Balancing via Migration and Replication in Spatial Grids. 202-211
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  Karl Hahn, Bernd Reiner, Gabriele Höfling: Parallel Query Support for Multidimensional Data: Intra-object Parallelism. 212-222
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  Mikhail J. Atallah, Keith B. Frikken: Replicated Parallel I/O without Additional Scheduling Costs. 223-232

XML IV

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  Wei Yu, Z. Meral Özsoyoglu, Gultekin Özsoyoglu: XML Restructuring and Integration for Tabular Data. 233-243
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  Wilfred Ng: Repairing Inconsistent Merged XML Data. 244-255
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  Donato Malerba, Michelangelo Ceci, Margherita Berardi: XML and Knowledge Technologies for Semantic-Based Indexing of Paper Documents. 256-265
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  Raymond K. Wong, Nicole Lam: Efficient Re-construction of Document Versions Based on Adaptive Forward and Backward Change Deltas. 266-275

Mobile Computing I

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  Filip Perich, Anupam Joshi, Yelena Yesha, Timothy W. Finin: Neighborhood-Consistent Transaction Management for Pervasive Computing Environments. 276-286
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  Yida Wang, Ee-Peng Lim, San-Yih Hwang: On Mining Group Patterns of Mobile Users. 287-296
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  Ming-Hui Jin, Eric Hsiao-Kuang Wu, Jorng-Tzong Horng: Location Query Based on Moving Behaviors. 297-307
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  Bonggi Jun, Bonghee Hong, Byunggu Yu: Dynamic Splitting Policies of the Adaptive 3DR-Tree for Indexing Continuously Moving Objects. 308-317

Transactions

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  Andrew G. Fry, Hugh E. Williams: Comparing the Overhead Requirements of Database Transaction Models. 318-329
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  Indrakshi Ray, Tai Xin: Concurrent and Real-Time Update of Access Control Policies. 330-339
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  Masashi Shiraishi, Tomoya Enokido, Makoto Takizawa: Transactional Agent Model for Distributed Object Systems. 340-349

Mobile Computing II

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  Sanjay Kumar Madria, Yongjian Fu, Sourav S. Bhowmick: Incremental Query Answering Using a Multi-layered Database Model in a Mobile Computing Environment. 350-359
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  Ling Ma, Dan Smith, Ben Milner: Environmental Noise Classification for Context-Aware Applications. 360-370
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  Jianting Zhang, Le Gruenwald: An Access Time Cost Model for Spatial Range Queries on Broadcast Geographical Data over Air. 371-380

Bioinformatics

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  Pravin Vajirkar, Sachin Singh, Yugyung Lee: Context-Aware Data Mining Framework for Wireless Medical Application. 381-391
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  Sourav S. Bhowmick, Dadabhai T. Singh, Amey V. Laud: Data Management in Metaboloinformatics: Issues and Challenges. 392-402
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  Seong-Bae Park, Sohyun Hwang, Byoung-Tak Zhang: Mining the Risk Types of Human Papillomavirus (HPV) by AdaCost. 403-412
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  Sung-Hee Park, Keun Ho Ryu, Hyeon S. Son: A Protein Structural Information Management Based on Spatial Database and an Active Trigger Rule. 413-422

Mobile Computing III

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  Karl Rehrl, Wernher Behrendt, Manfred Bortenschlager, Harald Rieser, Rupert Westenthaler, Siegfried Reich: Asomnia: A Service-Oriented Middleware for Ambient Information Access. 423-432
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  Byungkyu Lee, Sungwon Jung: An Efficient Tree-Structure Index Allocation Method over Multiple Broadcast Channels in Mobile Environments. 433-443
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  Xiaofeng Meng, Zhiming Ding: DSTTMOD: A Future Trajectory Based Moving Objects Database. 444-453
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  Chu Yee Liau, Achmad Nizar Hidayanto, Stéphane Bressan: Adaptive Peer-to-Peer Routing with Proximity. 454-463

Information Retrieval I

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  Ilias Nitsos, Georgios Evangelidis, Dimitrios Dervos: g-binary: A New Non-parameterized Code for Improved Inverted File Compression. 464-473
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  Helmut Berger, Michael Dittenbach, Dieter Merkl: Activation on the Move: Querying Tourism Information via Spreading Activation. 474-483
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  Vlastislav Dohnal, Claudio Gennaro, Pavel Zezula: Similarity Join in Metric Spaces Using eD-Index. 484-493
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  Martin Erwig, Jianglin He: KeyQuery - A Front End for the Automatic Translation of Keywords into Structured Queries. 494-503

Information Retrieval II

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  Christian Böhm, Florian Krebs: Supporting KDD Applications by the k-Nearest Neighbor Join. 504-516
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  Paul Wing Hing Kwan, Kazuo Toraichi, Hiroyuki Kitagawa, Keisuke Kameyama: Approximate Query Processing for a Content-Based Image Retrieval Method. 517-526
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  Wenzhong Zhao, Alex Dekhtyar, Judy Goldsmith: Query Algebra Operations for Interval Probabilities. 527-536

Information Retrieval III

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  Iko Pramudiono, Masaru Kitsuregawa: Tree Structure Based Parallel Frequent Pattern Mining on PC Cluster. 537-547
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  Fábio Soares Silva, Marcus Costa Sampaio, Cláudio de Souza Baptista: WebObjects: A New Approach for Querying the Web. 548-557
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  Yasuhito Asano, Hiroshi Imai, Masashi Toyoda, Masaru Kitsuregawa: Finding Neighbor Communities in the Web Using Inter-site Graph. 558-568
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  John K. Debenham: A Lesson for Software Engineering from Knowledge Engineering. 569-578

Multimedia Database Systems

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  Koji Zettsu, Yutaka Kidawara, Katsumi Tanaka: Image Retrieval by Web Context: Filling the Gap between Image Keywords and Usage Keywords. 579-588
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  Naoko Kosugi, Hidenobu Nagata, Tadashi Nakanishi: Query-by-Humming on Internet. 589-600
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  Alexandru Coman, Jörg Sander, Mario A. Nascimento: Efficient Indexing of High Dimensional Normalized Histograms. 601-610
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  Andreas Henrich, Günter Robbert: Implementation of a Stream-Oriented Retrieval Engine for Complex Similarity Queries on Top of an ORDBMS. 611-621

Web Applications

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  Binh Thanh Nguyen, Mohamed T. Ibrahim: GFIS Pro - A Tool for Managing Forest Information Resources. 622-630
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  Kyung-Yong Jung, Young-Joo Na, Jung-Hyun Lee: FDRAS: Fashion Design Recommender Agent System Using the Extraction of Representative Sensibility and the Two-Way Combined Filtering on Textile. 631-640

Ontologies I

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  Nenad Stojanovic: An Explanation-Based Ranking Approach for Ontology-Based Querying. 641-650
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  Yaxin Bi, David A. Bell, Joanne Lamb, Kieran Greer: Visual Querying with Ontologies for Distributed Statistical Databases. 651-661

Object-Oriented Database Systems II

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  Zhen He, Jérôme Darmont: DOEF: A Dynamic Object Evaluation Framework. 662-671
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  Abdelhak Seriai: Object Oriented Mechanisms to Rewriting Queries Using Views. 672-682
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  Renata de Matos Galante, Nina Edelweiss, Clesio Saraiva dos Santos: TVL_SE - Temporal and Versioning Language for Schema Evolution in Object-Oriented Databases. 683-692

Ontologies II

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  Jordi Conesa, Xavier de Palol, Antoni Olivé: Building Conceptual Schemas by Refining General Ontologies. 693-702
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  Trevor J. M. Bench-Capon, Grant Malcolm, Michael J. R. Shave: Semantics for Interoperability: Relating Ontologies and Schemata. 703-712

Object-Oriented Database Systems II

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  Mohamed Basel Al-Mourad, W. A. Gray, N. J. Fiddian: Multiple Views with Multiple Behaviours for Interoperable Object-Oriented Database Systems. 713-723
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  Lina Al-Jadir: Integrating Association Rule Mining Algorithms with the F2 OODBMS. 724-736

Query Optimization I

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  Qingsong Yao, Aijun An: Using User Access Patterns for Semantic Query Caching. 737-746
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  Yingying Tao, Qiang Zhu, Calisto Zuzarte: Exploiting Similarity of Subqueries for Complex Query Optimization. 747-759

Workflow I

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  Josef Schiefer, Beate List, Robert M. Bruckner: Process Data Store: A Real-Time Data Store for Monitoring Business Processes. 760-770
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  Hilmar Schuschel, Mathias Weske: Integrated Workflow Planning and Coordination. 771-781

Query Optimization II

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  Ahmad Ghazal, Ramesh Bhashyam, Alain Crolotte: Block Optimization in the Teradata RDBMS. 782-791
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  Abdullah Al-Hamdani, Gultekin Özsoyoglu: Selecting Topics for Web Resource Discovery: Efficiency Issues in a Database Approach. 792-802
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  Haiwei Ye, Brigitte Kerhervé, Gregor von Bochmann: Integrating Quality of Service into Database Systems. 803-812

Workflow II

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  Vijayalakshmi Atluri, Soon Ae Chun: Handling Dynamic Changes in Decentralized Workflow Execution Environments. 813-825
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  Chintan Patel, Kaustubh Supekar, Yugyung Lee: A QoS Oriented Framework for Adaptive Management of Web Service Based Workflows. 826-835
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  Minxin Shen, Duen-Ren Liu: Discovering Role-Relevant Process-Views for Recommending Workflow Information. 836-845

Knowledge Engineering I

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  Alain Couchot: Termination Analysis of Active Rules with Priorities. 846-855
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  Zdenek Zdráhal, Paul Mulholland, Michael Valásek, Phil Sainter, Matt Koss, Lukas Trejtnar: A Toolkit and Methodology to Support the Collaborative Development and Reuse of Engineering Models. 856-865

Security I

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  Somchai Chatvichienchai, Mizuho Iwaihara, Yahiko Kambayashi: Secure Interoperability between Cooperating XML Systems by Dynamic Role Translation. 866-875
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  Mina Jeong, Jung-Ja Kim, Yonggwan Won: A Flexible Database Security System Using Multiple Access Control Policies. 876-885
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  Eduardo Fernández-Medina, Mario Piattini: Designing Secure Databases for OLS. 886-895

Knowledge Engineering II

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  Gergely Kovásznai, Constantine Kotropoulos, Ioannis Pitas: CAML - A Universal Configuration Language for Dialogue Systems. 896-906
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  Roberto Ruiz, José Cristóbal Riquelme Santos, Jesús S. Aguilar-Ruiz: NLC: A Measure Based on Projections. 907-916

Security II

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  Chun Ruan, Vijay Varadharajan: Decentralized Temporal Authorization Administration. 917-926
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  Oscar Esparza, Marcel Fernandez, Miguel Soriano, Jose L. Muñoz, Jordi Forné: Mobile Agent Watermarking and Fingerprinting: Tracing Malicious Hosts. 927-936
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  Tran Khanh Dang, Roland Wagner, A. Min Tjoa: A Quick Review: What Have Been Presented at DEXA International Conferences? 937-941