(Updated 10th February, 1998)
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.