The continuous within skyline query is an important type of location-based query, which can provide useful skyline object information for the user. Previous studies on processing the continuous within skyline query focus exclusively on a static road...
This paper presented a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) study on the relationship between skyline quantitative factors and the wind environment. At present, most researches on skyline revealed the changes of skyline quantitative factors on the aest...
We investigate the in-network processing of a skyline join query in wireless sensor networks (WSNs). While much research was conducted on processing skyline queries in WSNs, skyline join queries were dealt with only in traditional centralized or dist...
Skyline queries, which are based on the concept of Pareto dominance, filter the objects from a potentially large multi-dimensional collection of objects by keeping the best, most favoured objects in satisfying the user′s preferences. With today...
The skyline query processing problem has been well studied for many years. The literature on skyline algorithms so far mainly considers static query points on static attributes. With the popular usage of mobile devices along with the increasing numbe...
Given a set of high-dimensional feature vectors
Owing to the rapid advent of wireless technology and proliferation of smart sensors, wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have been widely used to monitor and query the physical world in many applications based on the Internet of Things (IoT), such as env...
Along with the application of the sensor network, there will be large amount of dynamic data coming from sensors. How to dig the useful information from such data is significant. Skyline query is aiming to identify the interesting points from a large...
Several indicators have been recently proposed for the measurement of various characteristics of the tuples of a dataset—particularly the so-called skyline tuples, i.e., those that are not dominated by other tuples. Numeric indicators are very...
The skyline query has recently attracted a considerable amount of research interest in several fields. The query conducts computations using the domination test, where “domination” means that a data point does not have a worse value than...
Skyline query-processing techniques considering various properties in peer to peer (P2P)-based services have become a recent topic of research. In this paper, we propose a new skyline query-processing scheme to improve the query-processing performanc...
Dynamic skyline query is one of the most popular and significant variants of skyline query in the field of multi-criteria decision-making. However, designing a distributed dynamic skyline query possesses greater challenge, especially for the distribu...
Selecting representative objects from a large-scale dataset is an important task for understanding the dataset. Skyline is a popular technique for selecting representative objects from a large dataset. It is obvious that the skyline computation from...
Localization method based on skyline for visual geo-location is an important auxiliary localization method that does not use a satellite positioning system. Due to the computational complexity, existing panoramic skyline localization methods determin...
This paper aims to answer “why-not” questions in skyline queries based on the orthogonal query range (i.e., ORSQ). These queries retrieve skyline points within a rectangular query range, which improves query efficiency. Answering why-not...
In the contemporary era, where digital audio-visual media continues to evolve, the media landscape is increasingly converging with the urban landscape. This trend has made the importance of urban waterfront areas in city landscapes more pronounced. T...
In recent years, people have been buying custom-built PCs based on the performance they want and what they will use them for. However, there are many challenges for non-technical users when purchasing a custom-built PC. Not only is the terminology of...
Location recommendation is essential for various map-based mobile applications. However, it is not easy to generate location-based recommendations with the changing contexts and locations of mobile users. Skyline operation is one of the most well-est...
Algorithms for skyline querying based on wireless sensor networks (WSNs) have been widely used in the field of environmental monitoring. Because of the multi-dimensional nature of the problem of monitoring spatial position, traditional skyline query...
Data centric storages for sensor networks have been proposed to efficiently process multi-dimensional range queries as well as exact matches. Usually, a sensor network does not process only one type of the query, but processes various types of querie...
Cyber physical systems (CPS) sense the environment based on wireless sensor networks. The sensing data of such systems present the characteristics of massiveness and multi-dimensionality. As one of the major monitoring methods used in in safe product...
Selecting representative objects from a large-scale database is an essential task to understand the database. A skyline query is one of the popular methods for selecting representative objects. It retrieves a set of non-dominated objects. In this pap...
The skyline query and its variant queries are useful functions in the early stages of a knowledge-discovery processes. The skyline query and its variant queries select a set of important objects, which are better than other common objects in the data...
We propose utilizing a rigorous registration model and a skyline-based method for automatic registration of LiDAR points and a sequence of panoramic/fish-eye images in a mobile mapping system (MMS). This method can automatically optimize original reg...
The steady increase in droughts worldwide has compelled many researchers to focus on water allocation. Multi-objective decision support for irrigation systems is a popular topic due to its relevance to the national economy and food supply. However, t...
The general population’s assessment and perception of a city can be influenced by its skyline, which is one of its representatives. This paper uses semantic segmentation and exploratory factor analysis to conduct a study from two different pers...
Modern cities with tall building clusters can create powerful and distinctive features on the skyline more so than those with scattered tall buildings. In terms of their role in the city, tall building clusters can improve the image of the city, prov...
Recently, the skyline query has attracted interest in a wide range of applications from recommendation systems to computer networks. The skyline query is useful to obtain the dominant data points from the given dataset. In the low-dimensional dataset...
After the failure of the power system, a large amount of alarm information will flood into the dispatching terminal instantly. At the same time, there are inevitable problems, such as the abnormal operation of the protection and the circuit breaker,...
Periodic itemset patterns (PIPs) are widely used in predicting the occurrence of periodic events. However, extensive redundancy arises due to a large number of patterns. Mining skyline periodic itemset patterns (SPIPs) can reduce the number of PIPs a...
The rapid growth of GPS-enabled mobile devices has popularized many location-based applications. Spatial keyword search which finds objects of interest by considering both spatial locations and textual descriptions has become very useful in these app...
One of the most common tasks nowadays in big data environments is the need to classify large amounts of data. There are numerous classification models designed to perform best in different environments and datasets, each with its advantages and disad...
Urban rail transit is an essential part of the urban public transportation system. The reasonable spatial data visualization of urban rail transit stations can provide a more intuitive way for the majority of travelers to arrange travel plans and fin...
Cloud computing has experienced rapid growth in recent years and has become a critical computing paradigm. Combining multiple cloud services to satisfy complex user requirements has become a research hotspot in cloud computing. Service composition in...
While classical skyline queries identify interesting data within large datasets, flexible skylines introduce preferences through constraints on attribute weights, and further reduce the data returned. However, computing these queries can be time-cons...
In today’s data-driven world, algorithms operating with vertically distributed datasets are crucial due to the increasing prevalence of large-scale, decentralized data storage. These algorithms process data locally, thereby reducing data transf...
The city-building game Cities: Skylines simulates urban-related processes in a visually appealing 3D environment and thus offers interesting possibilities for visualizations of real-world places. Such visualizations could be used for presentation, pa...
With the global trend of waterfront urban expansion, nonlinear urban growth has generated skyline patterns marked by multidimensional spatial heterogeneity. Traditional single-viewpoint methods often fall short in capturing the layered spatial relati...
The standing skyline continues to be a common cable logging configuration. In payload analysis it is usually assumed that the tagline (line connecting the logs to the carriage) length is held constant while yarding a turn up the skyline corridor. We...
Evidence from behavioral experiments suggests that insects use the skyline as a cue for visual navigation. However, changes of lighting conditions, over hours, days or possibly seasons, significantly affect the appearance of the sky and ground object...
Quantitative and qualitative analyses of cell protein composition using liquid chromatography/tandem mass spectrometry are now standard techniques in biological and clinical research. However, the quantitative analysis of protein–protein intera...
Game engines are not only capable of creating virtual worlds or providing entertainment, but also of modelling actual geographical space and producing solutions that support the process of social participation. This article presents an authorial conc...
This case study examines the performance of the Igland Hauler employed in small diameter Eucalyptus clear-cut operations in Guangxi, China. A yarding crew of eight persons was monitored by a snap back elemental time study for 19.23 SMH (scheduled mac...
Before we parked cars—we parked trees. These ‘parked’ verges, supplanted by parking places during the 1900’s, now present opportunities in cities such as Oslo, looking to cultivate car free, climate resilient, liveable spaces. The prospect of re-park...
The geolocation of skyline provides an important application in unmanned vehicles, unmanned aerial vehicles, and other fields. However, the existing methods are not effective in hilly areas. In this paper, we analyze the difficulties to locate in hil...
Cable-based technologies have been a backbone for harvesting on steep slopes. The planning of a cable road is a complex task. It essentially comprises the definition of the start and end points of a cable road, as well as the intermediate supports. I...
Cable-based technologies have been a backbone for harvesting on steep slopes. Computing the layout of a single cable road requires considering the standards of structural design, aiming to (1) guarantee structural safety, and (2) provide the require...
One of the crucial problems for taxi drivers is to efficiently locate passengers in order to increase profits. The rapid advancement and ubiquitous penetration of Internet of Things (IoT) technology into transportation industries enables us to provid...
Background: Atypical atrial flutter (aAFL) is not uncommon, especially after a prior cardiac surgery or extensive ablation in atrial fibrillation (AF). Aims: To revisit aAFL, we used a novel Lumipoint algorithm in the Rhythmia mapping system to evalu...
Protein glycosylation is an essential post-translational modification in all domains of life. Its impairment in humans can result in severe diseases named congenital disorders of glycosylation (CDGs). Most of the glycosyltransferases (GTs) responsibl...
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