Database design is critical for high performance in relational databases and a myriad of
tools exist to aid application designers in selecting an appropriate schema. While the …

How should we split data among the nodes of a distributed data warehouse in order to boost
performance for a forecasted workload? In this paper, we study the effect of different data …

A fundamental problem in database systems is choosing the best physical design, ie, a
small set of auxiliary structures that enable the fastest execution of future queries. Almost all …

Obviously, the complexity of mathematical database cost models increases with the
evolution of the database technology brought by emerging hardware and the new …

A fully self-managed DBMS which does not require administrator intervention is the ultimate
goal of database developers. This system should automate deploying, configuration …

Performing a detailed workload analysis is a crucial step in determining the feasibility,
timeline and cost of a major data warehouse replatforming project, ie, migration from one …

Abstract Knowledge engineering with respect to knowledge graphs and graph data in
general is becoming a more and more essential component of intelligent systems. Such …

The physical design is one of the crucial phases of advanced database design life cycle.
This is due to its important role in selecting optimization structures such as materialized …

The way a database schema is designed has a high impact on its performance in relational
databases, which are symmetric in nature. While the problem of schema optimization is even …

The database performance is one of the most important quality indicators that companies
are looking for to choose their appropriate database management systems. Quantifying this …