R-Trees: Theory and Applications
Author | : Yannis Manolopoulos |
Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
Total Pages | : 222 |
Release | : 2006 |
ISBN-10 | : 1852339772 |
ISBN-13 | : 9781852339777 |
Rating | : 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: 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.