For nearest neighbor search, a user queries a server for nearby points of interest (POIs) with his/her location information. Our aim is to protect the user’s sensitive informatio...
With the increasing use of geographical data in real-world applications, Geographic Information Systems (GISs) have recently emerged as a fruitful area for research. Nowadays, a G...
Shu-Ching Chen, Xinran Wang, Naphtali Rishe, Mark ...
Decision support systems (DSS) may be enhanced qualitatively if they are able to also deal with spatial dimensions and measures. Regardless the evident importance of using data wa...
Marcus Costa Sampaio, Andre Gomes de Sousa, Cl&aac...
The structures of space and time are identified as essential for the realization of cognitive systems. It is suggested that the omnipresence of space and time may have been respons...
An index is devised to support position-independent search for images containing quartets of icons. Point quartets exist that do not unambiguously map to quadrilaterals, however, ...