An optimization technique for answering regular path queries

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 1997, Issue , 2001, Pages 215-225

  Grahne, Gösta ^a   Thomo, Alex ^a  

^a Dept of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA WAREHOUSES; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; QUERY LANGUAGES; WORLD WIDE WEB;

ANSWERING QUERIES; INFORMATION INTEGRATION SYSTEM; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; QUERY OPTIMIZATION; REGULAR PATH QUERIES; RELATIONAL DATABASE; SEMI STRUCTURED DATA; SEMISTRUCTURED DATABASE;

DATA INTEGRATION;

EID: 84944214419     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-45271-0_14     Document Type: Article

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