Temporal data

Temporal data refers to a series of data originating in one concept (stochastic variable) yet varying over time and ordered accordingly.

Definitions

Temporal data is data that varies over time.

[Jensen and Snodgrass, 1999]

A temporal data denotes the evolution of an object characteristic over a period of time.

[Daassi and Nigay, 2004]

Remarks

Applying exploratory (esp. timelines) as well as confirmatory methods, temporal data can be used to analyze the influence of time on a certain variable.

References

• [Daassi and Nigay, 2004]: Daassi, Chaouki and Nigay, Laurence and Fauvet, Marie-Christine, Visualization Process of Temporal Data, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 3180, Springer-Verlag Heidelberg, 2004.
• [Jensen and Snodgrass, 1999]: Jensen, Christian S. and Snodgrass, Richard T., Temporal Data Management, IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, 11:36-44, 1999.