An object-oriented data model for the intelligent support of three-dimensional objects

Author

Krotopoulo, A. ; Spirakis, P. ; Terpou, D. ; Tsakalidis, A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Eng. & Inf., Patras Univ., Greece

fYear

1997

Firstpage

358

Lastpage

363

Abstract

Proposes a powerful model, called MITOS (Model for Intelligent Three-dimensional Object Support) for the intelligent support of spatial data consisting of irregular 3D objects and their interrelations. The core novelty of the proposed data model lies in its delicate way of representing the (complicated) world of 3D objects in order to reduce its complexity. MITOS achieves this by discretizing the space, using mostly topological notions and finite sets, and by recalling geometry only when needed. On the other hand, MITOS´s objects are effectively handled by the MITOS language, which is an integration of an object-oriented programming language and a logic-based one

Keywords

data structures; deductive databases; logic programming languages; object-oriented databases; object-oriented languages; set theory; spatial data structures; topology; visual databases; MITOS; data representation; finite sets; geometry; intelligent support; irregular 3D objects; object interrelations; object-oriented data model; object-oriented logic programming language; space discretization; spatial data; topology; Biological system modeling; Data engineering; Data models; Geometry; Humans; Object oriented databases; Object oriented modeling; Power engineering and energy; Power engineering computing; Spatial databases;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Database and Expert Systems Applications, 1997. Proceedings., Eighth International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Toulouse

Print_ISBN

0-8186-8147-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/DEXA.1997.617311

Filename

617311