Supporting Skyline Queries on Categorical Data in Web Information Systems

W.-T. Balke (USA) and U. Gntzer (Germany)

Keywords

Databases and the Web, Web information systems, infor mation retrieval, skyline queries, categorical data

Abstract

Skyline queries enable more intuitive querying, essential for e.g. e-commerce applications. However, the perform ance of query execution will drastically deteriorate, if categorical data is involved. Unfortunately most Web data tends to be of exactly that nature. In this paper we show how to remedy the gap in current skylining algorithms and adapt them for the nature of Web data. Our innova tive algorithm minimizes the amount of expensive object accesses over the Internet and allows for progressive de livery of correct result objects at an early stage. These can already be syndicated with all necessary information and returned to the user while the search is still running. This also optimizes the use of available bandwidth and thus paves the road to efficient Web information systems.

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