An Efficient Method for the Retrieval of Objects by Topological Relations in Spatial Database Systems

P L. Lin; W H. Tan

Information Processing & Management Vol. 39, No. 4 (2003) pp. 543–59

Presents a new method to improve the performance of query processing in a spatial database. Experiments demonstrated that performance of database systems can be improved because both the number of objects accessed and number of objects requiring...