VESPa: A Pattern-based Visual Query Language for Event Sequences

Florian Haag, Robert Krüger, Thomas Ertl

2016

Abstract

Movement data can often be enriched with additional information that enables analysts to ask new questions, for instance about POIs visited and meetings that imply interactions between persons. Information on spatio-temporal events such as visits or meetings can be especially valuable for digital forensics, marketing analysis, and urban planning. Most existing query languages for movement data, however, do not take that additional information into account. We address this gap by proposing VESPa, a pattern-based graphical query language to express, check, and refine hypotheses about spatio-temporal event sequences. Using VESPa, the analyst can sketch abstract assumptions and use the pattern to query the data for matches. The applicability of our approach is demonstrated in two case studies with different datasets. We also report on a small user study in which several construction and comprehension tasks were successfully solved in an interactive implementation of the concept.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Haag F., Krüger R. and Ertl T. (2016). VESPa: A Pattern-based Visual Query Language for Event Sequences . In Proceedings of the 11th Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 2: IVAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2016) ISBN 978-989-758-175-5, pages 48-59. DOI: 10.5220/0005716900480059

in Bibtex Style

@conference{ivapp16,
author={Florian Haag and Robert Krüger and Thomas Ertl},
title={VESPa: A Pattern-based Visual Query Language for Event Sequences},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 11th Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 2: IVAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2016)},
year={2016},
pages={48-59},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005716900480059},
isbn={978-989-758-175-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 11th Joint Conference on Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics Theory and Applications - Volume 2: IVAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2016)
TI - VESPa: A Pattern-based Visual Query Language for Event Sequences
SN - 978-989-758-175-5
AU - Haag F.
AU - Krüger R.
AU - Ertl T.
PY - 2016
SP - 48
EP - 59
DO - 10.5220/0005716900480059