Proceedings of the Twenty-Fourth Australasian Database Conference - Volume 137

It is our pleasure to present to you the Proceedings of the 24th Australasian Database Conference (ADC 2013), taking place in Adelaide, Australia. ADC 2013 represents a strong and reputable academic meeting addressing many research disciplines in database systems and related areas. The conference is a leading international forum for researchers, developers and end users to explore cutting-edge ideas and results and to exchange ideas. The missions of ADC are to share novel research solutions to problems of todays information society that fulfil the needs of heterogeneous applications and environments, and to identify new issues and directions for future research and development work. ADC seeks papers from academia and industry presenting research on all practical and theoretical aspects of advanced database theory and applications, as well as case studies and implementation experiences. All topics related to database are of interest and within the scope of the conference. ADC gives researchers and practitioners a unique opportunity to share their perspectives with others interested in the various aspects of database systems.