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Worboys, M.F. and Grundy, A.F. (editors), Advances in Databases, (Proceedings of the 11th British National Conference on Databases), Springer-Verlag Berlin, ISBN 3540569219, 1993.
Worboys, M.F. (editor), Innovations in Geographical Information Systems I, Taylor and Francis, London, ISBN 0748401407, 1994.
Worboys, M.F.,  Geographic Information Systems:  A Computing Perspective, Taylor and Francis, London, ISBN 0748400648/0748400656, 1995.

Refereed Research Papers, Published and in Press

Arrell, D.G., Manrai, S., Worboys, M.F., An algorithm for obtaining simplified defining relations for a subgroup, in Groups - St. Andrews, 1981, London Mathematical Society Lecture Notes, No.71, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1982.
Worboys, M.F., Generators for the sporadic group Co3 as a (2,3,7)-group, Proc. Edinburgh Mathematical Society 25(2), pp. 65-68, 1982.
Worboys, M.F., GROUPS - A database for computational algebra, in Computers in Mathematical Research, Stephens, N.M. and Thorne, M.P.(eds), Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1988.
Worboys, M.F., Relational Databases - a theoretical primer, Information and Software Technology, 31(3), 115-122, April 1989.  Reprinted as Relational Databases, in The Software Life Cycle, Ince, D., and Andrews, D.(eds), Butterworths, London, 1990.
Worboys, M. F., Hearnshaw, H. M., and Maguire, D. J.,Object-oriented data modelling for spatial databases, International Journal of Geographical Information Systems, 4(4), pp. 369-383, 1990.
Worboys, M. F., Hearnshaw, H. M., and Maguire, D. J., Object-oriented data and query modelling for geographical information systems, Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling, Zurich, pp. 679-689, 1990.
Worboys, M. F., The Role of Modal Logics in the Description of Knowledge in a Geographic Information System, in Cognitive and Linguistic Aspects of Geographic Space, Mark, D.M. and  Frank, A.U. (eds), Kluwer, ISBN 0-7923-1537-5, 1991.
Worboys, M.F. and Deen, S.M., Semantic Heterogeneity in Distributed Geographic Databases, ACM SIGMOD Record, 20(4), pp. 30-34, Dec. 1991.
Worboys, M.F., Database Specification using Transaction Sets, in Specifications of Database Systems, Harper, D. and Norrie, M. (eds), Springer-Verlag, Workshops in Computing Series, ISBN 3-540-19732-X, pp.300-311, Jan. 1992.
Worboys, M. F., A Generic Model for Planar Geographic Objects, International Journal of Geographical Information Systems, 6(5), pp.353-372, 1992.
Worboys, M. F., A Model for Spatio-Temporal Information, Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling, Charleston, South Carolina, USA, pp. 602-611, 1992.
Worboys, M. F., Object-Oriented Models of Spatiotemporal Information,  Proceedings of  GIS/LIS '92 Annual Conference, San Jose, California, USA, American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Bethseda, MA, USA, ISBN 0944426905, pp.  825-834, 1992.
Worboys, M. F. and Bofakos, P. , A Canonical Model for a Class of Areal Spatial Data, in Advances in Spatial Databases, Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium, SSD93, Abel, D. and  Ooi, B.C. (eds), Springer-Verlag, Berlin, ISBN 3540568697, pp. 36-52, 1993.
Young, D.W., Bofakos, P., Worboys, M. F. and Lowe, P., Medical Audit using Automatic Extraction from GP's Letters, Proceedings of Current Perspectives in Healthcare Computing, BJHC Ltd., Weybridge, Surrey, ISBN 0948198141, pp. 582-589, 1993.
Worboys, M. F., Mason, K.T. and Dawson, B.R.P., The Object-Based Paradigm for a Geographical Database System: Modelling, Design and Implementation Issues, in Geographical Information Handling, Mather, P. (ed), Wiley, Chichester, UK, ISBN 0471940607, pp.  91-102, 1993.
Yearsley, C., Worboys, M.F., Story, P., Jayawardena, D.P. and Bofakos, P., Computational Support for Spatial Information Handling: Models and Algorithms, in Innovations in Geographical Information Systems, Worboys, M.F. (ed.), Taylor and Francis, London, UK, ISBN 0748401407, 1994.
Worboys, M. F., A Unified Model of Spatial and Temporal Information, Computer Journal, 37(1), pp. 26-34, 1994.
Worboys, M. F., Object-oriented approaches to geo-referenced information, International Journal of Geographical Information Systems, 8(4), pp. 385-399, 1994.
Worboys, M.F., Unifying the spatial and temporal components of geographical information, in Advances in Geographic Information Systems: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling, Edinburgh, Healey, R. and Waugh, T. (eds.), Taylor and Francis, ISBN 074-840-3159, pp. 505-517, 1994.
Worboys, M.F., A generic model for spatio-bitemporal geographic information, in Spatial and Temporal Reasoning in Geographic Information Systems, Golledge, R.G. and Egenhofer, M. (eds), in press, 1996.
Jayawardena, D. P. W. and Worboys, M. F., The role of triangulation in spatial data handling, in Innovations in Geographical Information Systems: 2, Fisher, P. (ed), Taylor and Francis, ISBN 0-7484-0268-3, pp. 7-18, 1995.
Yearsley, C., and Worboys, M.F., A deductive model of complex planar spatial objects, in Innovations in Geographical Information Systems: 2, Fisher, P. (ed), Taylor and Francis, ISBN 0-7484-0268-3, pp. 43-52, 1995.
Stell, J. and Worboys, M.F., Towards a representation for spatial objects in diverse geometries, Proceedings of the Second ACM Workshop on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA, ACM Press, New York, ISBN 0897917502, pp. 38-43, 1995.
Story, P. A. and Worboys, M. F., A design support environment for spatio-temporal database applications, in Proceedings of the Conference on Spatial Information Theory, Vienna, Frank, A.U., Kuhn, W., Mark, D.M. (eds.), Springer Verlag, ISBN 3540603921, pp. 413-430, 1995.
Worboys, M.F., Metrics and Topologies for Geographic Space, in Advances in Geographic Information Systems Research II: Proceedings of the International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling, Delft, Kraak, M.J. and Molenaar, M. (eds.), Taylor & Francis, ISBN 0748405917, pp. 365-376, 1996.
Stell, J.G. and Worboys, M.F., The algebraic structure of sets of regions, in Proceedings of the Conference on Spatial Information Theory, Pittsburgh, Hirtle, S. and Frank, A.U. (eds.), Springer Verlag, Lecture Notes in Computer Science 1329, pp. 163-174, 1997.
Worboys, M.F., Relational Databases and Beyond, accepted for publication in Geographic Information Systems, ed. Goodchild, Rhind, Maguire, 1997.
Worboys, M.F., Mason, K. and Lingham, J., , Computational techniques for non-Euclidean planar spatial data applied to migrant flows, accepted for publication in Innovations in Geographical Information Systems: 4, Carver, C. (ed), Taylor and Francis, 1998.
Worboys, M.F. Modelling changes and events in dynamic spatial systems with reference to socio-economic units, accepted for publication as a chapter in a book ed. Frank, Raper, Cheylan on spatio-temporal systems, GISDATA series, Taylor and Francis, 1998.
Stell, J.G. and Worboys, M.F., Stratified map spaces, submitted to the International Symposium on Spatial Data Handling, SDH’98, British Columbia, July 1998.
Worboys, M.F., Computation with imprecise geospatial data, submitted to Computers, Environment and Urban Systems journal, 1998.
Worboys, M.F., Imprecision in finite resolution spatial data, submitted to Geoinformatica, estimated date of publication if accepted - 1998-9.

Papers presented at conferences, courses and seminars (not included above)

Worboys, M.F., Conway's group Co3 as a 2-generator group, Conf. on Finite Simple Groups, Univ. Birmingham, 1982.
Worboys, M.F., On the Denotational Semantics of Relational Database Query Languages, First British Colloquium on Theoretical Computer Science, Leeds University, 1985.
Worboys, M.F., A database for finite group theory, Conference on Finite Simple Groups, Birmingham, 1987.
Worboys, M.F., The GROUPS database, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory Conference on Computational Algebra, 1987.
Worboys, M.F., A database for group theorists, invited seminar talk, University of Manchester, 1987.
Worboys, M. F., Hearnshaw, H. M., and Maguire, D. J., The IFO Object-Oriented Data Model, invited paper, Managing Geographic Information Systems and Databases, Lancaster University, 1989.  (Subsequently, invited tutorial paper, SHAPE NATO GIS Symposium, The Hague, Netherlands, 1989).
Worboys, M. F., Reasoning about GIS using Temporal and Dynamic Logics, invited paper, NCGIA Temporal Workshop, University of Maine, Orono, USA, 1990.
Worboys, M.F., SQL as an Implementation of the Relational Model, invited talk, Study Group on Computers in Survey Analysis Conference on Relational Databases in Survey Research, City University, London, 1991.
Worboys, M.F., An algebraic approach to database transactions, invited seminar talk, University of Essex, 1991.
Worboys, M.F., An object-based paradigm for an intelligent geographical information system, Workshop on Spatial Data: User Needs and Solutions, Keele University, 1991.
Worboys, M.F., Data modelling for geographical databases, invited seminar talk, University of Leicester, 1991.
Worboys, M.F., Object-oriented databases for GIS, invited talk, Seminar for the ESRC/NERC Joint Programme on Geographic Information Handling, University of Nottingham, 1991.
Worboys, M.F., Data Models for Spatial Information Systems, invited paper, British Machine Vision Association Seminar on Intelligent Image Databases, 1992.
Worboys, M. F., Data Modelling for Databases containing Geo-Referenced Information, refereed poster at the 10th British National Conference on Databases, Aberdeen, Scotland, 1992.
Worboys, M. F., Introduction to GIS, invited tutorial, GIS: From Space to Territory, Theories and Methods of Spatio-Temporal Reasoning, Pisa, Italy, 1992.
Worboys, M. F., The Object-Based Paradigm for a Geographical Database System: Modelling, Design and Implementation Issues, Progress in Geographical Information Handling, Royal Geographical Society, London, 1993.
Bofakos, P., Story, P. and  Worboys, M.F. Design and implementation of a temporal GIS, GIS Research UK, Keele, UK, 1993.
Yearsley, C. and  Worboys, M.F. Deductive geographic databases, GIS Research UK, Keele, UK, 1993.
Worboys, M. F., A generic model for spatio-bitemporal geographic information, Research Meeting for the National Center for Geographic Information and Analysis, Initiative 10, Los Angeles, USA, 1993.
Worboys, M.F., Present GIS Technology and Future Trends, International Workshop on Geographical Information Systems in Assessing Natural Hazards, Perugia, Italy, 1993.
Worboys, M.F., Putting Time into GIS, Annual Conference of the Association for Geographic Information, Birmingham, 1993.
Worboys, M.F., Computational support for the handling of spatio-temporal information, International Workshop on Advanced Research in Geographic Information Systems, Ascona, Switzerland, 1994.
Worboys, M.F., A generic model for spatio-bitemporal geographic information, Association of American Geographers, San Francisco, USA, 1994.
Worboys, M.F., Unifying the spatial and temporal components of geographical information,
Department of Geomatics, Laval University, Quebec, Canada, 1994.
Worboys, M.F., GIS Research:  Where does computer science fit in?, panel member, 2nd ACM Workshop on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, National Institute for Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, Maryland, USA, 1994.
Andjelic, T. and Worboys, M.F., Version management for GIS in a distributed environment, GISRUK'95, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, 1995.
Worboys, M.F., Current and near future computer-based technology for spatial data handling and management, Cambridge Conference for National Mapping Organisations, University of Cambridge, 1995.
Worboys, M.F., Approach to object modelling of a navigable database, Conference on Object-orientation and Navigable Databases, Santa Barbara, California, US, 1996.
Worboys, M.F., Responding to a changing world with GIS, Proceedings of the Conference of the Association of Geographic Information, 1996.
Worboys, M.F., Adding the temporal dimension to GIS, 2nd EC GIS Workshop, Genova, Italy, 1996.
Hamilton, G.W. and Worboys, M. F., User Perspectives on Geographic Space, GISRUK'96, University of Kent at Canterbury, 1996, pp. 151-155.
Lingham, J., Mason, K. and Worboys, M.F., Computational techniques for non-Euclidean planar spatial data applied to migrant flows, GISRUK'97, University of Leeds, 1997, pp. 110-114.
Worboys, M.F., Database technologies for geographic data handling in the social sciences, Proceeding of the Conference on Socio-Economic research and Geographic Information Systems, Italy, 1997.
Worboys, M.F., Database technologies for geospatial data handling, Ordnance Survey Guest Lecture Series, Southampton, 1998.

Technical Reports, Published and in Press

Worboys, M.F., Longstaff, J. and Arrell, D.G., Towards a formal description of query processing in a database knowledge base system, Technical Report No. 5, University of Leicester, Department of Computing Studies, 1987.
Worboys, M.F., Reasoning on Knowledge Bases with Incomplete Information, British Telecom Research Laboratories Technical Report, 1988.
Worboys, M.F., Reasoning on Knowledge Bases with Incomplete Information, (Logics of Knowledge and Belief), Technical Report No. 20, University of Leicester, Department of Computing Studies, 1989.
Hearnshaw, H. M., Maguire, D. J., and Worboys, M. F., An Introduction to Area-Based Spatial Units: A Case Study of Leicestershire, MRRL Internal Research Report, No. 1, 1989.
Hearnshaw, H. M., and Worboys, M. F., An Object-oriented Future, MRRL Internal Research Report, No. 14, 1990.
Worboys, M. F., Reasoning about GIS using Temporal and Dynamic Logics, MRRL Internal Research Report, No. 18, 1990.
Measor, N.D.N., and Worboys, M.F., A Quantale-Theoretic Approach to Database Transactions, Technical Report No. 41, University of Leicester, Department of Computing Studies, 1991.
Jayawardena, D. P. W. and Worboys, M. F., On the role of triangulation in spatial databases: Part One}, Technical Report 93-15, Keele University, Department of Computer Science, 1993.
Jayawardena, D. P. W. and Worboys, M. F., On the role of triangulation in spatial databases.  Part Two: Spatial Access Methods, Technical Report 93-22, Keele University, Department of Computer Science, 1993.
Jayawardena, D. P. W. and Worboys, M. F., On the role of triangulation in spatial databases.  Part Three: Evaluation of Triangulation, Technical Report 94-13, Keele University, Department of Computer Science, 1994.
Worboys, M. F. and Yearsley, C. M., A multi-layered deductive model for spatio-temporal objects, Technical Report 95-05, Keele University, Department of Computer Science, 1995.
Story, P. A. and Worboys, M. F., A design support environment for spatio-temporal database applications, Technical Report 95-04, Keele University, Department of Computer Science, 1995.
Worboys, M.F., Object oriented conceptual model of the interoperation of Centre for Earth Observation data and services in a distributed environment, Report to the Centre for earth Observation, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Ispra, Italy, 1996.

Editorials and popular articles, Published and in Press

Worboys, M.F., The geometric series - a geometric demonstration, Mathematical Gazette, 413, pp 204-205, 1979.
Worboys, M.F., A Combinatorial Puzzle, Mathematical Gazette, 438, pp 255-258, 1982.
Maguire, D. J., Worboys, M. F., and Hearnshaw, H. M., An Introduction to Object-Oriented Geographical Information Systems, Mapping Awareness, 4 (2), pp.36-39, 1990.
Hearnshaw, H. M., Worboys, M. F., An Object-Oriented Future, Yearbook of the Association of Geographical Information, 1991.
Worboys, M.F., The Founding of an Annual UK National GIS Research Conference, The Regional Research Laboratories Network, pp.29-30, 1993.
Worboys, M.F., GIS: Breaking out of the box. Guest editorial for Transactions in GIS, submitted.

Other Public Output

Worboys, M.F., EASI - an Expert Adviser for Scaling Ionograms. Computer software written for the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory and the British Antarctic Survey, 1988

Theses

On the equivalence of program schemata, M.Sc. Thesis, University of Bristol, 1969.
On the homomorphisms of the (2,3,7)-group into certain finite simple groups, Ph.D. Thesis, University of Birmingham, 1980.