To discover knowledge or retrieve information from a relational database, a user often needs to find objects related to certain source objects. There are two main challenges in b...
One of the most important types of query processing in spatial databases and geographic information systems is the spatial join, an operation that selects, from two relations, all...
We show that any expression of the relational division operator in the relational algebra with union, difference, projection, selection, constant-tagging, and joins, must produce ...
The result of a distance join operation on two sets of objects R, S on a spatial network G is a set P of object pairs <p, q>, p R, q S such that the distance of an object ...
The widespread use of sensor networks presents revolutionary opportunities for life and environmental science applications. Many of these applications involve continuous queries t...
Moustafa A. Hammad, Walid G. Aref, Ahmed K. Elmaga...