Data stream

This article is about the more general meaning of the term "data stream". For the UK-specific DSL technology, see Datastream.

See also: Stream (computing)

In Connection-oriented communication, a data stream is a sequence of digitally encoded coherent signals (packets of data or data packets) used to transmit or receive information that is in the process of being transmitted.

Formal definition

In a formal way, a data stream is any ordered pair $(s,\Delta )$ where:

1. $s$ is a sequence of tuples and
2. $\Delta$ is a sequence of positive real time intervals.

Bibliographic References

• Amal and Salma: “Novelty Detection In Data Stream Clustering Using The Artificial Immune System”, Proceedings of the 13th European Mediterranean & Middle Eastern Conference on Information Systems (EMCIS), Krakow, Poland, 23-24 June, 2016.