CT-OLAP: temporal multidimensional data model and algebra for moving objects

  • Authors:
  • Eilverijus Kondratas;Igor Timko

  • Affiliations:
  • Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy;Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Bozen-Bolzano, Italy

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the ACM tenth international workshop on Data warehousing and OLAP
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Sequenced queries are queries that are conceptually evaluated at each time instant. Therefore, this kind of queries return functions of time. Some applications (e.g., traffic analysis) need support for sequenced queries on data about continuous changes. Current temporal OLAP technology does not support this type of queries. Existing TOLAP models and algebras are based on discrete time. Hence, they can not represent data and query about continuous changes (i.e., continuous functions of time). In this paper, we propose a conceptual multidimensional model, CT-OLAP, that captures continuous functions of time. Its associated algebra supports sequenced analytical queries. CT-OLAP extends an existing powerful multidimensional model and algebra. CT-OLAP can be implemented in the Secondo DBMS. The motivation for this work is based on the requirements to a tool for traffic jam analysis formulated by the Municipality of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy.