From the reviews: "This book brings together research in the area of advanced query processing, and hence will be of great interest to professionals in many academic disciplines. The editors of this volume have succeeded in bringing together all the relevant work in the area of query processing and data integration in a variety of environments. It will also fulfill the role of a reference book for students interested in pursuing the subject of query processing in multi-source data environments." (N. Chakrapani, Computing Reviews, April, 2013)

• From the content: Advanced Query Processing: An Introduction.- On Skyline Queries and how to Choose from Pareto Sets.- Processing Framework for Ranking and Skyline Queries.- Preference-Based Query Personalization.- Approximate Queries for Spatial Data.- Approximate XML Query Processing.- Progressive and Approximate Join Algorithms on Data Streams.

From the reviews: "This book brings together research in the area of advanced query processing, and hence will be of great interest to professionals in many academic disciplines. The editors of this volume have succeeded in bringing together all the relevant work in the area of query processing and data integration in a variety of environments. It will also fulfill the role of a reference book for students interested in pursuing the subject of query processing in multi-source data environments." (N. Chakrapani, Computing Reviews, April, 2013)

• From the content: Advanced Query Processing: An Introduction.- On Skyline Queries and how to Choose from Pareto Sets.- Processing Framework for Ranking and Skyline Queries.- Preference-Based Query Personalization.- Approximate Queries for Spatial Data.- Approximate XML Query Processing.- Progressive and Approximate Join Algorithms on Data Streams.

From the reviews: "This book brings together research in the area of advanced query processing, and hence will be of great interest to professionals in many academic disciplines. The editors of this volume have succeeded in bringing together all the relevant work in the area of query processing and data integration in a variety of environments. It will also fulfill the role of a reference book for students interested in pursuing the subject of query processing in multi-source data environments." (N. Chakrapani, Computing Reviews, April, 2013)

• From the content: Advanced Query Processing: An Introduction.- On Skyline Queries and how to Choose from Pareto Sets.- Processing Framework for Ranking and Skyline Queries.- Preference-Based Query Personalization.- Approximate Queries for Spatial Data.- Approximate XML Query Processing.- Progressive and Approximate Join Algorithms on Data Streams.