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R-Trees: Theory and Applications

  • The first comprehensive study on R-trees
  • Not limited to a single application
  • By presenting the specific application domains that each R-tree variant is applied, the authors help the reader to understand each variation and to select a proper variation according to their needs
  • Discussion of various cost models and the implementation details of the methods
  • Experimental results included for comparison of the various methods used as well as qualitative comparisons
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Advanced Information and Knowledge Processing (AI&KP)

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XIX
  2. Fundamental Concepts

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Introduction

      • Yannis Manolopoulos, Alexandros Nanopoulos, Apostolos N. Papadopoulos, Yannis Theodoridis
      Pages 3-13
    3. Dynamic Versions of R-trees

      • Yannis Manolopoulos, Alexandros Nanopoulos, Apostolos N. Papadopoulos, Yannis Theodoridis
      Pages 15-34
    4. Static Versions of R-trees

      • Yannis Manolopoulos, Alexandros Nanopoulos, Apostolos N. Papadopoulos, Yannis Theodoridis
      Pages 35-48
  3. Query Processing Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 49-49
    2. Fundamental Query Processing Techniques

      • Yannis Manolopoulos, Alexandros Nanopoulos, Apostolos N. Papadopoulos, Yannis Theodoridis
      Pages 51-68
    3. Processing More Complex Queries

      • Yannis Manolopoulos, Alexandros Nanopoulos, Apostolos N. Papadopoulos, Yannis Theodoridis
      Pages 69-95
  4. R-Trees In Modern Applications

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 97-97
    2. R-trees in Spatiotemporal Databases

      • Yannis Manolopoulos, Alexandros Nanopoulos, Apostolos N. Papadopoulos, Yannis Theodoridis
      Pages 99-115
    3. R-trees for Multimedia, Warehousing and Mining

      • Yannis Manolopoulos, Alexandros Nanopoulos, Apostolos N. Papadopoulos, Yannis Theodoridis
      Pages 117-130
  5. Advanced Issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 131-131
    2. Query Optimization Issues

      • Yannis Manolopoulos, Alexandros Nanopoulos, Apostolos N. Papadopoulos, Yannis Theodoridis
      Pages 133-150
    3. Implementation Issues

      • Yannis Manolopoulos, Alexandros Nanopoulos, Apostolos N. Papadopoulos, Yannis Theodoridis
      Pages 151-171
  6. Back Matter

    Pages 173-194

About this book

Space support in databases poses new challenges in every part of a database management system & the capability of spatial support in the physical layer is considered very important. This has led to the design of spatial access methods to enable the effective & efficient management of spatial objects.

R-trees have a simplicity of structure & together with their resemblance to the B-tree, allow developers to incorporate them easily into existing database management systems for the support of spatial query processing.

This book provides an extensive survey of the R-tree evolution, studying the applicability of the structure & its variations to efficient query processing, accurate proposed cost models, & implementation issues like concurrency control and parallelism. Written for database researchers, designers & programmers as well as graduate students, this comprehensive monograph will be a welcome addition to the field.

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"The book contains nine chapters (divided into four parts), an epilogue, a reference section, and an index, in addition to the preface and list of figures and tables. … The book is written in a very informal and user-friendly manner with lots of examples, illustrations, and tables. The authors have succeeded in making this book very accessible, understandable, and readable. This book will be invaluable to professionals, researchers, teachers, and students who deal with spatial data management systems and their access methods." (Alexis Lean, Computing Reviews, December, 2006)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece

    Yannis Manolopoulos, Alexandros Nanopoulos, Apostolos N. Papadopoulos

  • University of Piraeus & Computer Technology Institute, Greece

    Yannis Theodoridis

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eBook USD 129.00
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Softcover Book USD 169.99
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