@conference {16466,
	title = {Optimized seamless integration of biomolecular data},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE 2nd International Symposium on Bioinformatics and Bioengineering Conference, 2001},
	year = {2001},
	month = {2001/11/04/6},
	pages = {23 - 32},
	publisher = {IEEE},
	organization = {IEEE},
	abstract = {Today, scientific data is inevitably digitized, stored in a variety of heterogeneous formats, and is accessible over the Internet. Scientists need to access an integrated view of multiple remote or local heterogeneous data sources. They then integrate the results of complex queries and apply further analysis and visualization to support the task of scientific discovery. Building a digital library for scientific discovery requires accessing and manipulating data extracted from flat files or databases, documents retrieved from the Web, as well as data that is locally materialized in warehouses or is generated by software. We consider several tasks to provide optimized and seamless integration of biomolecular data. Challenges to be addressed include capturing and representing source capabilities; developing a methodology to acquire and represent metadata about source contents and access costs; and decision support to select sources and capabilities using cost based and semantic knowledge, and generating low cost query evaluation plans},
	keywords = {analysis, Bioinformatics, biology computing, cost based knowledge, Costs, Data analysis, data mining, data visualisation, Data visualization, Data warehouses, decision support, digital library, Educational institutions, information resources, Internet, low cost query evaluation plans, Mediation, meta data, metadata, molecular biophysics, multiple local heterogeneous data sources, multiple remote heterogeneous data sources, optimized seamless biomolecular data integration, scientific discovery, scientific information systems, semantic knowledge, software libraries, visual databases, Visualization},
	isbn = {0-7695-1423-5},
	doi = {10.1109/BIBE.2001.974408},
	author = {Eckman,B. A and Lacroix,Z. and Raschid, Louiqa}
}
@article {16479,
	title = {Logic-based query optimization for object databases},
	journal = {IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering},
	volume = {12},
	year = {2000},
	month = {2000/08//Jul},
	pages = {529 - 547},
	abstract = {We present a technique for transferring query optimization techniques, developed for relational databases, into object databases. We demonstrate this technique for ODMG database schemas defined in ODL and object queries expressed in OQL. The object schema is represented using a logical representation (Datalog). Semantic knowledge about the object data model, e.g., class hierarchy information, relationship between objects, etc., as well as semantic knowledge about a particular schema and application domain are expressed as integrity constraints. An OQL object query is represented as a logic query and query optimization is performed in the Datalog representation. We obtain equivalent (optimized) logic queries, and subsequently obtain equivalent (optimized) OQL queries for each equivalent logic query. We present one optimization technique for semantic query optimization (SQO) based on the residue technique of U. Charavarthy et al. (1990; 1986; 1988). We show that our technique generalizes previous research on SQO for object databases. We handle a large class of OQL queries, including queries with constructors and methods. We demonstrate how SQO can be used to eliminate queries which contain contradictions and simplify queries, e.g., by eliminating joins, or by reducing the access scope for evaluating a query to some specific subclass(es). We also demonstrate how the definition of a method or integrity constraints describing the method, can be used in optimizing a query with a method},
	keywords = {access scope, application domain, class hierarchy information, Constraint optimization, data integrity, Data models, Datalog, Datalog representation, deductive databases, equivalent logic query, integrity constraints, Lifting equipment, Logic, logic based query optimization, logic programming, logic queries, logic query, logical representation, object data model, object databases, object queries, object schema, object-oriented databases, ODL, ODMG database schemas, optimization technique, optimized OQL queries, OQL object query, query languages, Query optimization, query optimization techniques, Query processing, Relational databases, residue technique, semantic knowledge, semantic query optimization},
	isbn = {1041-4347},
	doi = {10.1109/69.868906},
	author = {Grant,J. and Gryz,J. and Minker, Jack and Raschid, Louiqa}
}
