Time Granularities in Databases, Data Mining, and Temporal Reasoning

by Sean Wang, Claudio Bettini, Sushil Jajodia, et al.

Book Overview

Calendar units, such as months and days, clock units, such as hours and seconds, and specialized units, such as business days and academic years, play a major role in a wide range of information system applications. System support for reasoning about these units, called granularities in this book, is important for the efficient design, use, and implementation of such applications. The book deals with several aspects of temporal information and provides...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3642086349
• ISBN13: 9783642086342
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 230 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"