1. Foreword by the VLDB '98 PC Chairmen

   • O. Shmueli
   • J. Widom

   Editorial Pages: 155 - 155

2. Functional-join processing

   • R. Braumandl
   • J. Claussen
   • D. Kossmann

   Special section Pages: 156 - 177

3. Secure buffering in firm real-time database systems

   • Binto George
   • Jayant R. Haritsa

   Special section Pages: 178 - 198

4. The LHAM log-structured history data access method

   • Peter Muth
   • Patrick O'Neil
   • Gerhard Weikum

   Special section Pages: 199 - 221

5. Clustering categorical data: an approach based on dynamical systems

   • David Gibson
   • Jon Kleinberg
   • Prabhakar Raghavan

   Special section Pages: 222 - 236

6. Distance-based outliers: algorithms and applications

   • Edwin M. Knorr
   • Raymond T. Ng
   • Vladimir Tucakov

   Special section Pages: 237 - 253

7. Quantifiable data mining using ratio rules

   • Flip Korn
   • Alexandros Labrinidis
   • Christos Faloutsos

   Special section Pages: 254 - 266

8. Effective timestamping in databases

   • Kristian Torp
   • Christian S. Jensen
   • Richard T. Snodgrass

   Regular contribution Pages: 267 - 288

9. WaveCluster: a wavelet-based clustering approach for spatial data in very large databases

   • Gholamhosein Sheikholeslami
   • Surojit Chatterjee
   • Aidong Zhang

   Regular contribution Pages: 289 - 304

10. Update propagation strategies to improve freshness in lazy master replicated databases

    • Esther Pacitti
    • Eric Simon

    Regular contribution Pages: 305 - 318

11. Optimizing multiple dimensional queries simultaneously in multidimensional databases

    • Weifa Liang
    • Maria E. Orlowska
    • Jeffrey X. Yu

    Regular contribution Pages: 319 - 338