The application of spatial data mining in railway geographic information systems

Abstract

This paper presents in-depth research on various spatial data mining techniques and their applications in railway geographic information systems (RGIS) through the systems' planning, design and implementation. We propose the concept of intelligent RGIS (IRGIS). An IRGIS uses intelligent spatial data mining to discover the association rules hidden in the vast amount of railway data, and will be able to perform not only the generic functions of spatial data representation, query, and statistical analysis, but also complex spatio-temporal analysis and decision-making support.