In main-memory databases, the number of processor cache misses has a critical impact on the performance of the system. Cacheconscious indices are designed to improve performance b...
This paper describes a toolset, PACE, that provides detailed predictive performance information throughout the implementation and execution stages of an application. It is structur...
Darren J. Kerbyson, John S. Harper, Efstathios Pap...
In this paper, we describe an efficient method for audio matching which performs effectively for a wide range of classical music. The basic goal of audio matching can be describe...
We explore foundational typing support for strong updates — updating a memory cell to hold values of unrelated types at different points in time. We present a simple, but expres...
The accurate formulation of boolean expressions is a notorious problem in programming languages and database query tools. This paper studies the ways that untrained users naturall...