Loosely-specified query processing in large-scale information systems

International Journal of Cooperative Information Systems

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 77-103

  Nica, Anisoara ^a   Rundensteiner, Elke A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Worcester Polytechnic Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Distributed system; Heterogeneous information systems; Loosely specified queries; Query planning; Query templates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005099441     PISSN: 02188430     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218843098000052     Document Type: Article

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