scholarly journals Efficient Discovery of Top-K Sequential Patterns in Event-Based Spatio-Temporal Data

Author(s):  
Piotr Maciąg
Author(s):  
Andreea Sabau

In order to represent spatio-temporal data, many conceptual models have been designed and a part of them have been implemented. This chapter describes an approach of the conceptual modeling of spatio-temporal data, called 3SST. Also, the spatio-temporal conceptual and relational data models obtained by following the proposed phases are presented. The 3SST data model is obtained by following three steps: the construction of an entity-relationship spatio-temporal model, the specification of the domain model and the design of a class diagram which includes the objects characteristic to a spatiotemporal application and other needed elements. The relational model of the 3SST conceptual model is the implementation of the conceptual 3SST data model on a relational database platform. Both models are characterized by generality in representing spatial, temporal and spatio-temporal data. The spatial objects can be represented as points or objects with shape and the evolution of the spatio-temporal objects can be implemented as discrete or continuous in time, on time instants or time intervals. More than that, different types of spatial, temporal, spatio-temporal and event-based queries can be performed on represented data. Therefore, the proposed 3SST relational model can be considered the core of a spatio-temporal data model.


2009 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 65-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Tominski

Visualization has become an increasingly important tool to support exploration and analysis of the large volumes of data we are facing today. However, interests and needs of users are still not being considered sufficiently. The goal of this work is to shift the user into the focus. To that end, we apply the concept of event-based visualization that combines event-based methodology and visualization technology. Previous approaches that make use of events are mostly specific to a particular application case, and hence, can not be applied otherwise. We introduce a novel general model of event-based visualization that comprises three fundamental stages. (1) Users are enabled to specify what their interests are. (2) During visualization, matches of these interests are sought in the data. (3) It is then possible to automatically adjust visual representations according to the detected matches. This way, it is possible to generate visual representations that better reflect what users need for their task at hand. The model's generality allows its application in many visualization contexts. We substantiate the general model with specific data-driven events that focus on relational data so prevalent in today's visualization scenarios. We show how the developed methods and concepts can be implemented in an interactive event-based visualization framework, which includes event-enhanced visualizations for temporal and spatio-temporal data.


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