Time Granularities in Databases, Data Mining, and Temporal Reasoning

1. Auflage 2000
ISBN: 978-3-540-66997-5
Verlag: Springer

Buch, Englisch, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 1160 g

Calendar units, such as months and days, clock units, such as hours and seconds, and specialized units, such as business days and academic years, play a major role in a wide range of information system applications. System support for reasoning about these units, called granularities in this book, is important for the efficient design, use, and implementation of such applications. The book deals with several aspects of temporal information and provides a unifying model for granularities. It is intended for computer scientists and engineers who are interested in the formal models and technical development of specific issues. Practitioners can learn about critical aspects that must be taken into account when designing and implementing databases supporting temporal information. Lecturers may find this book useful for an advanced course on databases. Moreover, any graduate student working on time representation and reasoning, either in data or knowledge bases, should definitely read it.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Autoren/Hrsg.

Bettini, Claudio

Jajodia, Sushil

Wang, Sean

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Technische Informatik Systemverwaltung & Management
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Programmierung: Methoden und Allgemeines
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Daten / Datenbanken
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Programmierung | Softwareentwicklung Software Engineering Objektorientierte Softwareentwicklung
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Logik, formale Sprachen, Automaten
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz Wissensbasierte Systeme, Expertensysteme
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Mathematik Allgemein Grundlagen der Mathematik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction.- 2. Granularity Systems.- 3. Design of Temporal Databases with Multiple Granularities.- 4. Querying Temporal Databases with Multiple Views.- 5. Constraint Reasoning.- 6. An Application to Knowledge Discovery.- 7. Open Issues and Research Directions.- 8. Appendix: Proofs.