Modeling Spatio-Temporal Databases

The book presents a variety of approaches in the
fields of spatial, temporal and spatio-temporal
database modeling and indexing. Chapter 2 presents
spatial database modeling and a selection of
approaches in that direction. Also chapter 3
introduces temporal database modeling and later
spatio-temporal modeling as a combination of spatial
and temporal modeling. Chapter 4 discusses
approaches for indexing spatial data. Similarly,
chapter 5 adds a time dimension to spatial indexing
and presents approaches for spatio-temporal
indexing. Chapter 6 presents AIRSTD , a selected
approach for retrieving and indexing spatio-temporal
databases. In Chapter 6 we discuss a future view of
the famous Google Earth application as a real time
applicable example of all theoretical material
presented in this book. Finally, a brief overview
and summary of the book are presented in chapter 7.

Autorentext

Hatem HalaouiPh.D. in Computer Science, Graduate Center at the City University of New York.Assistant Professor in Computer Science at Haigazian University, LebanonAuthor of more than 15 publications: book chapters, journal and conference papers.Research Interests: Spatial, Temporal, and Spatio-Temporal database modeling and indexing .

Klappentext

The book presents a variety of approaches in the fields of spatial, temporal and spatio-temporal database modeling and indexing. Chapter 2 presents spatial database modeling and a selection of approaches in that direction. Also chapter 3 introduces temporal database modeling and later spatio-temporal modeling as a combination of spatial and temporal modeling. Chapter 4 discusses approaches for indexing spatial data. Similarly, chapter 5 adds a time dimension to spatial indexing and presents approaches for spatio-temporal indexing. Chapter 6 presents AIRSTD*, a selected approach for retrieving and indexing spatio-temporal databases. In Chapter 6 we discuss a future view of the famous "Google Earth" application as a real time applicable example of all theoretical material presented in this book. Finally, a brief overview and summary of the book are presented in chapter 7.