Spatio-temporal evolution: querying patterns of change in databases

This paper contributes a general approach to characterizing patterns of change in a spatio-temporal database. While there is a particular interest in modelling and querying how spatio-temporal entities evolve, the approach contributed by the paper is distinctive in being applicable without modification to aspatial entities as well. The paper uses the Tripod spatio-temporal model to describe and instantiate in detail the contributed approach. After briefly describing a typical application and providing basic knowledge about Tripod, the paper characterizes and classifies evolution queries and describes in detail how they are evaluated. Categories and Subject Descriptors H.2.3 [Information Systems]: Database Management-Query Languages General Terms Algorithms Keywords Spatio-Temporal Databases, Spatio-Temporal Query

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2002
• Where: GIS
• Authors: Nassima Djafri, Alvaro A. A. Fernandes, Norman W. Paton, Tony Griffiths
• Keywords: Automated Reasoning, GIS 2002, Paper, Spatio-temporal Databases, Tripod Spatio-temporal Model