Continuous range queries over multi-attribute trajectories

Abstract

A multi-attribute trajectory consists of a sequence of time-stamped locations and a set of attributes that characterize diverse aspects of the corresponding moving object. In this paper, we study continuous range queries over multi-attribute trajectories. Such a query returns the objects whose attributes contain expected values and whose locations are always within a distance threshold to the query trajectory during the entire overlapping time period. To efficiently answer the query, an optimal method of partitioning the trajectories is proposed and an index structure is developed to support the combined search of spatio-temporal parameters and attribute values. We provide a general solution..