Title
Indexing Network-Constrained Trajectories For Connectivity-Based Queries
Abstract
Recent advances in positioning and communication technologies have made it possible to collect trajectories of moving objects, and thus, corresponding applications that handle trajectories come into sight, e. g. applying vehicle trajectories to traffic studies, where various queries about trajectories are necessary. However, due to their special spatio-temporal query conditions, trajectory queries are different from existing GIS queries, and there is still a lack of efficient data-access methods to support queries about trajectories. In view of this, we develop a data-access method, named a Topology-based Mixed Index Structure (TMIS), to index network-constrained trajectories for connectivity-based queries. The TMIS indeed is not a novel index structure but a novel combination of simple and classical index structures linked by the topology of a network. The TMIS can support more query types through different combinations of simple and classical index structures and can be applied to a large network. Existing database management systems can be employed to implement the TMIS. In this paper, we first define network-constrained trajectories and connectivity-based queries, and then introduce the principles, architecture, algorithms, and query processing of the TMIS. Finally, we implement the TMIS and validate it through a series of analyses and experiments.
Year
DOI
Venue
2006
10.1080/13658810500432570
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SCIENCE
Keywords
Field
DocType
network-constrained trajectory, connectivity-based query, moving objects, data access method, index structure, network
Data mining,Computer science,Search engine indexing,Theoretical computer science,Sight,Trajectory
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
20
3
1365-8816
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
13
0.67
18
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Xiang Li111011.84
Hui Lin2130.67