Paper Info
Title
The object event calculus and temporal geographic information systems
Abstract
In our approach, the Event Calculus is used to provide a formalism that avoids the question of object timestamping by not applying time to objects. Rather, temporal behavior is reflected in events, which bring about changes in objects. Previous applications of the Event Calculus in databases are considered. An extension of the formalism to a fully bitemporal model is demonstrated. These extensions and the Object Event Calculus (OEC) form a framework for approaching temporal issues in object-oriented systems. Practical application issues as well as formal theory are described.Current GISes will support areal calculations on geographic objects, and can also describe topological relations between them. However, they lack the ability to extrapolate from historical data. The sufficiency of the temporal GIS model to support inventory, updates, quality control and display is demonstrated. Follow-up and further extensions and areas of exploration are presented at the conclusion.
Year
DOI
Venue
2003
10.1007/3-540-45034-3_81
IEA/AIE
Keywords
Field
DocType
geographic object,temporal behavior,current gises,formal theory,temporal issue,bitemporal model,areal calculation,event calculus,temporal geographic information system,object event calculus,temporal gis model,object model,information transfer,object oriented programming,quality control,geographic information system
Data mining,Event calculus,Geographic information system,Timestamping,Object-oriented programming,Theory,Information transfer,Computer science,Temporal database,Formalism (philosophy)
Conference
Volume
ISSN
ISBN
2718
0302-9743
3-540-40455-4
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
18
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Thomas M. Schmidt112145.87
Frederick E. Petry256269.24
Roy Ladner3879.46